By Douglas C. Maynard
Underemployment:
Psychological, monetary, and Social Challenges
Douglas C. Maynard and Daniel C. Feldman, Editors
While joblessness is a signature challenge during periods of monetary tension, underemployment —the loss of enough, significant work—affects huge numbers of staff even in the course of relative prosperity. traditionally overshadowed by way of unemployment, the pervasive and critical social challenge of underemployment warrants
higher recognition from students in numerous disciplines.
Recognizing underemployment as a chain of similar phenomena (e.g., fewer hours of labor, negative pay, jobs for which staff are overqualified), Underemployment: mental, monetary, and Social Challenges is the 1st publication to supply an in-depth exam of the reasons, dynamics, and effects of underemployment and the way the matter could be addressed. specialists from administration, economics, psychology, and sociology current their distinct techniques to knowing underemployment by way of conception improvement, empirical findings, and implications for coverage and perform. a few of the significant issues coated include:
- Effects of underemployment on short-run and long-run earnings
- Underemployment between adolescence, ladies, older employees, immigrants, and minorities
- Effects of underemployment on psychological well-being and actual health
- Impact of underemployment on family, neighbors, and communities
- Measurement and monitoring of underemployment over time
- Effects of underemployment on paintings attitudes and activity performance
- Directions for destiny theoretical and empirical examine on underemployment
A accomplished examine a so much well timed factor, Underemployment: mental, fiscal, and Social Challenges will tell the paintings of researchers, students, managers, and coverage makers facing underemployment matters for years to come.
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