Work, status, and self-esteem : a theory of selective self investment

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Work, status, and self-esteem : a theory of selective self investment

William A. Faunce

University Press of America, c2003

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [209]-251

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The book presents a theory explaining variations in the extent to which work affects self-esteem. The conventional wisdom is that work necessarily influences self-esteem, but the research evidence presented in the text indicates that this is not the case. There is, in fact, considerable variation in the extent of this relationship. A systematic theory relating attributes of the self and characteristics of status assignment systems to the self-investment process is presented.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 Self-Investment: Introduction
  • Some Related Concepts Chapter 2 The Social Self: Self-Concept: Self and Self-Awareness
  • The Need for Self-Esteem: The Conventional View
  • The Meaning of Self-Esteem Need
  • Self-Investment and the Need for Self-Esteem Chapter 3 The Meaning of Status: Introduction: Definitions
  • Occupational Status Differentiation Chapter 4 Status Assignment Systems: Introduction
  • Salience of Occupational Status: Clarity of System Boundaries
  • Consensus in Status Assignment Systems
  • Heterogeneity in Status Assignment Systems
  • Shape of Status Hierarchies
  • Opportunity for Mobility
  • Chapter 5 Selective Self-Investment: Responses to Negative Evaluation or Comparison
  • Dimensions of Response to Evaluation
  • A Model of the Self-Investment Process: Status Arrangements and Self-Investment
  • Structural Support for Low Self-Investment Chapter 6 Occupational Self-Investment
  • Career Stages: Prior to Labor Force Entry
  • Early Career Experience
  • Later Career Stages Chapter 7 Appendix: Summary of Theory Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index

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