Monday, August 21, 2006
[IWS] Work Foundation: ICONIC JOBS of the 21st CENTURY: Paradigm Trades [21 August 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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The Work Foundation
Provocation Series Volume 2 Number 2
Paradigm Trades: The iconic jobs of the early 21st century [21 August 2006]
Stephen Overell
http://83.138.136.179/Assets/PDFs/paradigm%20_trades1.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
Press Release
Hairdressers, celebrities, managers, consultants: paper unveils the 'iconic' jobs of the 21st century [21 August 2006]
http://83.138.136.179/aboutus/media/pressreleases/paradigmtradespress.aspx
Definition: "A paradigm trade is an occupation or line of work that embodies the psychological
themes that define an age"
In the America of fifty years ago, the battle of the workplace archetypes was declared open. What were the occupations and forms of work that somehow seemed to carry the spirit of the times within them? Which were the industries that defined the identity of America in the middle of the twentieth century? What job captured the temper of the age?
Anyone hoping to find the archetypal workers of the early 21st century should look no further than the ranks of hairdressers, management consultants, celebrities and managers.
Contents
Introduction 3
Back to the future of work 7
Paradigm Trades 13
Hairdressers (and other bodily improvers) 13
Management consultants 18
Celebrities 24
Managers 29
Endnote 36
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
The Work Foundation
Provocation Series Volume 2 Number 2
Paradigm Trades: The iconic jobs of the early 21st century [21 August 2006]
Stephen Overell
http://83.138.136.179/Assets/PDFs/paradigm%20_trades1.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
Press Release
Hairdressers, celebrities, managers, consultants: paper unveils the 'iconic' jobs of the 21st century [21 August 2006]
http://83.138.136.179/aboutus/media/pressreleases/paradigmtradespress.aspx
Definition: "A paradigm trade is an occupation or line of work that embodies the psychological
themes that define an age"
In the America of fifty years ago, the battle of the workplace archetypes was declared open. What were the occupations and forms of work that somehow seemed to carry the spirit of the times within them? Which were the industries that defined the identity of America in the middle of the twentieth century? What job captured the temper of the age?
Anyone hoping to find the archetypal workers of the early 21st century should look no further than the ranks of hairdressers, management consultants, celebrities and managers.
Contents
Introduction 3
Back to the future of work 7
Paradigm Trades 13
Hairdressers (and other bodily improvers) 13
Management consultants 18
Celebrities 24
Managers 29
Endnote 36
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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