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Surveying current research findings, social trends, and public controversies, Work and Family in America examines the changing cultures of the workplace, family, and home.

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Is the cancer patient an object of job discrimination He has compiled the best available text on what is becoming a major social concern.

The book, divided into two major sections, first provides an in-depth review of the available data on the work history of the cancer patient.

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Presents Father Columba's chapter-by-chapter commentary designed to help others share St Benedict's words and approach to living the Christian life. The book draws on the author's lifetime of living and teaching the Rule, of his mission experience and on his work with the growing Oblate movement.

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This innovative book examines the nature of work and reward, and the place each has in today's society.

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This interesting work presents a unique perspective on the history of economic thought by showing that classical economists from Adam Smith to Alfred Marshall had sympathy for workers - for example, the theory of the subsistence wage echoed the theological call for a just wage that existed in the middle ages.

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Rollins and Roberts review the literature focusing on employee measurement, detail the continuum of corporate cultures, and compile for the first time "best practices" in employee measurement.

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What kinds of work will be available in the 1980s The authors answer such questions by examining a multitude of factors that will affect work decisions in the coming decade. Their findings will alert decision-makers in both private organizations and the government to the employment issues that dominate the 1980s.

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Combining a European and American perspective, this book aims to present a conceptual model and practical guide for addressing the challenge of developing employees' skills and competence in today's competitive work environment.

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Through pedagogical techniques, self-assessment and personal reflection, this book provides students and graduates with a comprehensive guide to work experience, placements and internships. It offers essential support for every stage of the experience journey, from finding appropriate opportunities, to using the experience to further a career.

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Work Hard, Be Hard explores the ideological contexts for the creation and spread of "no excuses" charter schools. By way of in-depth interviews, former teachers provide accounts of their teaching experiences that have not been heard before and are not likely to be forgotten s...

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Work Hard, Be Hard explores the ideological contexts for the creation and spread of "no excuses" charter schools. By way of in-depth interviews, former teachers provide accounts of their teaching experiences that have not been heard before and are not likely to be forgotten s...

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Its aim is to diagnose linguists' failure to advance satisfactory theories of lexical meaning, then to propose the requirements that such a theory should meet and, drawing on work in philosophy and psychology, to take the first steps toward satisfying these requirements.

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Work over Welfare tells the inside story of the legislation that ended "welfare as we know it." As a key staffer on the House Ways and Means Committee, author Ron Haskins was one of the architects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996.

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A collection of papers presented at a 1985 conference on work stress and health care. Work Stress, consisting of original, multidisciplinary papers by academics and practitioners, examines the current knowledge of work stress, preventive management strategies, and therapeutic healing techniques used in health care programs.

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This book explores different ways that the male body has been represented by, constructed in, and experienced through digital media during the age of austerity. It uses three case studies to do this: the celebrity male nude leak; the rise of young men sharing images of their muscular bodies on social networking sites; and the rise of chemsex.

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How the logic of work has crept into everything we do, even as we articulate post-capitalist and post-work possibilities

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How the logic of work has crept into everything we do, even as we articulate post-capitalist and post-work possibilities

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Contents include: Introduction and Summary; Public Policy Implications of Declining Old-Age Mortality; Aging the Ability to Work; Occupational Effects on the Health and Work Capacity of Older Men; Involuntary Early Retirement and Consumption; Life-Cycle Labor Supply and Social Security; and Life Insurance of the Elderly.

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Welcome to the world of work in the twenty-first century, where 24/7 work obligations and always-on electronic tools ensure that work and family conflict on a daily basis. These practices will shed new light on the issues and help individuals find a sane, yet productive, approach to balancing work and life.

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The bibliography is organized by major themes and topics. Within each chapter, entries for articles, books, chapters, reports, and other materials are organized alphabetically and provide full citations as well as annotations.

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This study follows over 200 women making employment and family choices during their first decade after college graduation.