Working Hard And Making Do

Author : Margaret K. Nelson,Joan Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520215757

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Working Hard and Making Do by Margaret K. Nelson,Joan Smith Pdf

"A well crafted, carefully researched study that will add a new dimension to the ongoing discussion about the impact of economic restructuring on families and communities. This well written, carefully researched book challenges the conventional notion of the formal and informal economy as polarized alternatives. The working-class households Nelson and Smith studied rely simultaneously on both sectors, and inequality among these households is shaped not by dependence on one rather than the other but by access to desirable positions in both. Their gender analysis exposes the distinctive economic contributions of men and women to the working-class household and the ways in which gender inequality shapes survival strategies."—Ruth Milkman, author of Farewell to the Factory

Author : Margaret K. Nelson,Joan Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520921690

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Working Hard and Making Do by Margaret K. Nelson,Joan Smith Pdf

The economic recovery of the 1990s brought with it a surge of new jobs, but the prospects for most working Americans improved little. Family income rose only slightly and the period witnessed a significant degradation of the quality of work as well as in what people could expect from their waged employment. In this book, Margaret K. Nelson and Joan Smith take a look inside the households of working-class Americans to consider how they are coping with large-scale structural changes in the economy, specifically how the downgrading of jobs has affected survival strategies, gender dynamics, and political attitudes. Drawing on both randomly distributed telephone surveys and in-depth interviews, Nelson and Smith explore the differences in the survival strategies of two groups of working-class households in a rural county: those in which at least one family member has been able to hold on to good work (a year-round, full-time job that carries benefits) and those in which nobody has been able to secure or retain steady employment. They find that households with good jobs are able to effectively use all of their labor power—they rely on two workers; they engage in on-the-side businesses; and they barter with friends and neighbors. In contrast, those living in families without at least one good job find themselves considerably less capable of deploying a complex, multi-faceted survival strategy. The authors further demonstrate that this difference between the two sets of households is accompanied by differences in the gender division of labor within the household and the manner in which individuals make sense of, and respond to, their employment.

Author : Jeffrey H. Greenhaus,Gary N. Powell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317702726

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Making Work and Family Work by Jeffrey H. Greenhaus,Gary N. Powell Pdf

Making Work and Family Work investigates the difficult choices that contemporary employees must face when juggling work and family with a view to identifying the smart choices that all parties involved—society, employers, employees and families—should make to promote greater work–life balance. Leading scholars Jeffrey Greenhaus and Gary Powell begin by identifying the factors that work against an employee’s ability to be effective and satisfied in their work and family roles. From there, they examine a variety of factors that impact the decision-making process that employees and their families can use to enhance employees’ feelings of work-family balance and families’ well-being. Covering a comprehensive set of topics and perspectives, this fascinating book will appeal to upper-level students of human resource management, organizational behavior, industrial/organizational psychology, sociology, and economics, as well as to thoughtful and engaged professionals.

Author : Beth Yarnall
Publisher : Story Siren Publishing
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781940811895

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Making Description Work Hard For You by Beth Yarnall Pdf

Very easy to understand. Extremely useful. Highly recommended.​ If you're looking for a concise and practical reference on using description to achieve deep POV, then you'll love Beth Yarnall's easy how-to guide. Description in a novel can be as dry as bone dust or read like a laundry list. But done right, description can draw the reader deeper into a character’s point of view and deeper into the story. Using description to achieve deep point of view is one of the most powerful tools in an author’s toolbox. Learn how to use description to achieve deep point of view and to create stories and characters readers will remember long after the last page is turned. "Lots of great tips in a small package, but just what an author needs to enrich her writing! Thank you, Beth, so glad I picked up this book." ~ Lindah, Goodreads "A good resource for exploring how to use point of view in your novel. Exercises get you out of your comfort zone." ~ Francesca, Amazon Keywords: novel writing, on writing, write a book, authorship, how to write, writing for beginners, creative writing, writing and editing, fiction writing, playwright, screenwriting, poetry writing, writing reference, language arts, composition, writing, novel writing, reference, research & publishing guides, writing skills, education & reference, short reads, words, writing & grammar, description, describe

Author : Michael Crews
Publisher : SDG Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0974957402

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Hard Work by Michael Crews Pdf

How many people do you know who don't like their jobs? How many people do you know who just can't seem to get ahead? Are you one of them? Michael Crews has the easy answer -- work hard! sThe same great American work ethic that's built countless success stories of heroic proportions can now be your most powerful tool for success. As the head of one of the fastest-growing real estate development companies in America, Michael Crews is living proof that hard work can make life easier and much more satisfying. Michael Crews gives a very personal account of how hard work built him into a phenomenally successful businessman in a small, rural community outside of San Diego, California.

Author : Grace Beverley
Publisher : Random House Business Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1529159008

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Working Hard, Hardly Working by Grace Beverley Pdf

'Excellent' The Times 'Offers a fresh take on how to create your own balance, be more productive and feel fulfilled in the high-pressure social media age' Cosmopolitan, 12 BEST NEW BOOKS TO READ 'Serves some serious inspiration for the business-minded' Bustle, TOP DEBUT BOOKS OF 2021 In Working Hard, Hardly Working, entrepreneur Grace Beverley reflects on our new working world - where every hobby can be a hustle and social media is the lens through which we view ourselves and others - and offers a fresh take on how to create your own balance, be more productive and feel fulfilled. Insightful, curious and refreshingly honest, this book will open your eyes to what you want from your life and work - and then help you chart a path to get there.

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781913724269

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Why I Write by George Orwell Pdf

George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times

Author : Clay Schurwon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578228106

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Making Hard Work a Habit and Success a Hobby by Clay Schurwon Pdf

Why focus on where it is you are going when you can focus on what it takes to get practically anywhere? Rather than simply summiting the mountain of our dreams, we can get good at what it takes to conquer many dreams. By building our work ethic, we are building into our dreams, as what we do today overflows into what we do tomorrow. As we journey through the valleys and peaks in our adventure of excellence, we can become great at the behavior behind success and not just the hope of success. With hard work as a habit, we can pursue the vision and goals of our life, turning the pursuit of achievements into something to be enjoyed. Thus, giving birth to the lifestyle of Making Hard Work A Habit & Success A Hobby, where the quest for excellence becomes a passion in itself. With the intent to build up and inspire, sound advice and judgment are proof of the authenticity in the account of this lifestyle, as we partner with hard work in attempting to master the mountain peaks of success.

Author : Teresa Amabile,Steven Kramer
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422142738

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The Progress Principle by Teresa Amabile,Steven Kramer Pdf

What really sets the best managers above the rest? It’s their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives—consistently positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. The worst managers undermine inner work life, often unwittingly. As Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer explain in The Progress Principle, seemingly mundane workday events can make or break employees’ inner work lives. But it’s forward momentum in meaningful work—progress—that creates the best inner work lives. Through rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees in 7 companies, the authors explain how managers can foster progress and enhance inner work life every day. The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to activate two forces that enable progress: (1) catalysts—events that directly facilitate project work, such as clear goals and autonomy—and (2) nourishers—interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect and collegiality. Brimming with honest examples from the companies studied, The Progress Principle equips aspiring and seasoned leaders alike with the insights they need to maximize their people’s performance.

Author : David Graeber
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781501143335

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Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber Pdf

From bestselling writer David Graeber—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. “Clever and charismatic” (The New Yorker), Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation and “a thought-provoking examination of our working lives” (Financial Times).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Sociology
ISBN : UOM:39015079655455

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Czech sociological review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rebecca Winward
Publisher : Ryland Peters & Small
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781788793636

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How We Live Now by Rebecca Winward Pdf

How We Live Now is an inspiring guide to making the most of every square inch of your available space. When the housing market takes a dip, fewer of us move as we just can't afford it. That's the time to take a long hard look at your home and work out how to make the most of every room – even every corner. Perhaps you're trying to carve out more space to accommodate a growing family, or maybe you're wondering where you can squeeze in a home office, a utility room or a kids' playroom. Whatever your particular needs, in How We Live Now Rebecca Winward explores ways to make your home work harder for you. She explores open-plan living, opting for more flexible room configurations, and using pockets of 'dead space' – under the stairs, on the landing or in the garden – that have unrecognized potential. Multi-tasking furniture and smart storage both have their role to play, as does versatile lighting. Streamline everyday life with How We Live Now.

Author : Stephanie Land
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316505109

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Maid by Stephanie Land Pdf

"A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide (Barack Obama)," this New York Times bestselling memoir is the inspiration for the Netflix limited series, hailed by Rolling Stone as "a great one." At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer quickly dissolved when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. Before long, she found herself a single mother, scraping by as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Maid is an emotionally raw, masterful account of Stephanie's years spent in service to upper middle class America as a "nameless ghost" who quietly shared in her clients' triumphs, tragedies, and deepest secrets. Driven to carve out a better life for her family, she cleaned by day and took online classes by night, writing relentlessly as she worked toward earning a college degree. She wrote of the true stories that weren't being told: of living on food stamps and WIC coupons, of government programs that barely provided housing, of aloof government employees who shamed her for receiving what little assistance she did. Above all else, she wrote about pursuing the myth of the American Dream from the poverty line, all the while slashing through deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor. Maid is Stephanie's story, but it's not hers alone. It is an inspiring testament to the courage, determination, and ultimate strength of the human spirit. "A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work." -PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Obama's Summer Reading List

Author : Carol S. Dweck
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780345472328

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Mindset by Carol S. Dweck Pdf

From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement. “Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes “It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.” After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.

Author : Mark Pett,Gary Rubinstein
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781402255441

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The Girl who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett,Gary Rubinstein Pdf

"Beatrice offers a lesson we could all benefit from: learn from your mistakes, let go, laugh, and enjoy the ride." --JENNIFER FOSBERRY, New York Times bestselling author of My Name Is Not Isabella Being perfect is overrated. Beatrice Bottomwell has NEVER (not once ) made a mistake. She never forgets her math homework, she never wears mismatched socks, and she ALWAYS wins the yearly talent show at school. In fact, the entire town calls her The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes One day, the inevitable happens: Beatrice makes a huge mistake in front of everyone But in the end, readers (and perfectionists) will realize that life is more fun when you enjoy everything--even the mistakes. Additional praise for The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes: "This funny and heartfelt book conveys a powerful message about how putting too much pressure on yourself to be perfect can suck the joy out of everything. Beatrice's discovery that you can laugh off even a very public mistake shows the importance of resiliency and helps perfectionist kids keep things in perspective. Most importantly, Beatrice reminds the reader that it's more important to enjoy the things that you do than worry about doing them perfectly." --A Mighty Girl "The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes is a must-read for any young (or old ) perfectionist. Beatrice Bottomwell is perfectly imperfect " --Stephanie Oppenheim, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio "It's fun and instructive without feeling overly didactic and the illustrations are darling." --Parenting "This book will help little perfectionists see that making mistakes is okay, and it can be a lot of fun too " --Kids Book Blog