Job Loss at Mid-life
"Managers and Executives Face the "New Risk Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2996383 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Mendenhall (0000-0001-5015-4452, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), A Kalil (0000-0002-7430-7713), Andre C Kalil (0000-0002-6489-6294, University of Chicago), L J Spindel (University of Chicago), C M D Hart (Northwestern University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 185-209 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sof.0.0074 |
| OpenAlex | W2031662130 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 19 |
We use a lifecourse framework to examine how the “new risk economy” has left middle-age professionals, managers and executives more vulnerable to job loss and unemployment despite high levels of human capital. Using in-depth qualitative data from 77 recently-unemployed white-collar workers, we examine perceptions of macro-economic forces and their implications for respondents' career-recovery plans and expectations for their own and their children's future career pathways. We find that most respondents attributed their job loss to factors associated with globalization and used coping strategies that involved adapting a “free-agent” mentality in the face of declining employer loyalty and deprofessionalization to manage perceptions of age bias. Respondents also make mastering the “new risk economy” a developmental goal for themselves and their children
Adaptability · Business · Coping (psychology) · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Face (sociological concept) · Globalization · Human capital · Job loss · Labour economics · Loyalty · Management · Market economy · Perception · Sociology · Unemployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Marketing · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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Job Search and (Re)employment From a Lifespan Development Perspective
Experiences of white‐collar job loss and job‐searching in the United States
Over the Hill, Under Siege
Breadwinning and bread‐losing
Unemployment and the Division of Housework in Europe
Perceptions of Job Security in Europe’s Ageing Workforce
Patterns and correlates of involuntary unemployment and underemployment in single-mother families
Positive and negative impacts of job loss on family life
Factors Affecting the Psychological Distress among Turkish Midlife White-Collar Unemployed in the Covid-19 Period
Effects of the Great Recession on Child Development
What determines subjective socio-economic insecurity? Context and class in comparative perspective
Job loss and its aftermath among managers and professionals
Dual Earners Preparing for Job Loss
Stand By Your Man
The status value of age
Theories of lean management
Grounding Grounded Theory
Development in Midlife
Job Loss and Employment Patterns of Older Workers
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Whose Lives? How History, Societies, and Institutions Define and Shape Life Courses
Older Men's Lives
Antecedents and consequences of relational components of the new psychological contract
The Social Construction of Ageing through Work
The Life Course as Developmental Theory
When Are Layoffs Acceptable? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
"Chaemyoun-saving (Face saving)" due to Korean Job Loss
History and Agency in Men's Lives
Inequality and the Self
The Emerging Mutable Self
Life Course
Clocking Out
Perceived Job Insecurity and Entry into Work-Related Education and Training among Adult Workers
From Displacement to Reemployment
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2022 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |