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A nagging sense of job insecurity : the new reality facing Japanese youth /

Genda, Yūji, 1964-

A nagging sense of job insecurity : the new reality facing Japanese youth / Genda Yūji ; translated by Jean Connell Hoff. - 1st English ed. - Tokyo, Japan : International House of Japan, 2005 - xii, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

This book was originally published in 2001 by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., under the title "Shigoto no Naka no Aimai no Fuan"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The underlying causes of job insecurity -- The "parasite single" explanation -- Misconceptions about freeters -- Averting the clash of generations -- The income gap and the job gap -- Performance-based pay and a sense of purpose in one's work -- Conditions for a happy job change -- Becoming one's own boss -- Conclusion : talking to seventy-years-olds.

2006360515


Youth--Employment--Japan.

HD6276.J3 / G4613 2005

331.3/40952