The Working Life
The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work
$35.99
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2001
Summary
EXPLORING AND EXPLODING OUR NOTIONS OF WORK
Joanne B. Ciulla, a noted scholar in Leadership and Ethics, examines why so many people today have let their jobs take over their lives. Technology was supposed to free us from work, but instead we work longer hours—often tethered to the office at home by cell phones and e-mail. People still look to work for self-fulfillment, community, and identity, but these things may be increasingly difficult to find in today’s workplace. Gone is the soc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780609807378 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0609807374 |
| Author: | Joanne B. Ciulla |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2001 |
| Weight: | 226g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 130mm x 16mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A wonderfully readable tour through the history of ideas about work, as human nature or human condition; as curse or blessing; as a calling by God or expression of the inner self.”
– Michael W. Munley, Philadelphia Inquirer
“None of my guests on World of Ideas stimulated more response from viewers than Joanne Ciulla.”
–Bill Moyers, Public Affairs Television, Inc.
About The Author
Joanne B. Ciulla
Joanne B. Ciulla holds the Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. A former visiting scholar at Oxford and fellow at Harvard and the Wharton School, she has degrees from Temple University and the universities of Delaware and Maryland, and she has taught at Boston University and La Salle. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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