HTHSCI 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Precarious Work, Job Satisfaction, Virtual Community
3 Mar 2017
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Younger workers are generally poorer than their parents generations. 100 years ago farming & agriculture - work out of necessity. Turn of the century - industrial revolution - processing & factory jobs gave way for safer working conditions job security and appropriate wage compensation (birth of unions) Careers related to the development of projects (ie. consultant, project management, etc. ) Work several different jobs over course of a lifetime. Creates boundaryless careers - represents mobile work, communities of practice, networks and virtual communities of practice. Traditional careers - represents industrial work - one stop shop, climb career ladder. Precarious work (lack of stability, permanence and/or benefits) New classifications of employment statuses (casual, contract, temporary, reduced-time, part time, etc. ) Unemployment rate: total number of people who are unemployed & dividing it by the total # of people who are unemployed + employed (economically active ppl).
