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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2019.9.11.134

A Study of Career Self-Help Discourse on Employment Insecurity in the U.S.  

Joo, Jeong-Suk (Department of International Trade, Jungwon University)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.9, no.11, 2019 , pp. 134-140 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper examines career self-help advice as one of the important channels that offers converged information, as well as influences popular perception, on white-collar labor market changes in the U.S. In this regard, the paper critically looks at career self-help advice by examining its discourses on the shift to white-collar employment insecurity as well as their problems. It especially focuses on a few of the leading career self-help books as an exemplary case, showing that they urge people to readily embrace the rise of precarious employment by presenting it as an inevitable as well as positive and empowering development. The paper also explores the problems with such accounts, showing how they foremost serve the needs of corporations seeking workplace changes.
Keywords
Employment insecurity; Lifetime employment; Job market; Career advice; Self-help;
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