{"product_id":"work-status-and-selfesteem-a-theory-of-selective-self-investment-9780761826873","title":"Work Status and SelfEsteem A Theory of Selective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of the title topics and Faunce's own theory of selective self investment. -- Rayya Ghul, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Canterbury, United Kingdom * Journal Of Occupational Science *\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of the title topics and Faunce's own theory of selective self investment. -- Rayya Ghul, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Canterbury, United Kingdom * Journal Of Occupational Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 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","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037777723735,"sku":"9780761826873","price":52.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761826873.jpg?v=1750937265","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/work-status-and-selfesteem-a-theory-of-selective-self-investment-9780761826873","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}