Job loss at mid-life: Managers and executives face the "new risk economy"

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-210

  Mendenhall, Ruby ^a   Kalil, Ariel ^b   Spindel, Laurel J ^b   Hart, Cassandra M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57049105246     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0074     Document Type: Article

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