Making Good
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-01830-3 (ISBN)
You're young, ambitious, entering the field of your dreams; you're on your own, the competition is fierce--and then you see your chance: the big story, the big role, the big discovery. But you'll have to cut a few corners, bend the rules, cheat a bit. What choices will you make?
After studying more than a hundred young people launching their careers, these longtime researchers of "good work"--work that is both skillful and honorable--find unsettling answers. Although young workers know what it takes to do good work, they don't always feel they can follow the ethical route. "Later, when I'm successful," is their implicit promise.
Making Good explores the choices confronting young workers who join the ranks of three dynamic professions--journalism, science, and acting--and looks at how the novices navigate moral dilemmas posed by a demanding, frequently lonely, professional life. The authors also uncover striking comparisons between these young professionals and the veterans in their fields--most notably, older workers recall inspiring models and mentors, while today's beginners see themselves as on their own. With extensive insights into how young workers view their respective domains, the nature of their ambitions, the sacrifices they are willing to make, and the lines they are prepared to cross, this study will prove instructive to young employees and employers alike, as well as to those who wish to understand the shifting moral and social character of the working world.
Wendy Fischman is a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Becca Solomon, M.A. is a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Deborah Greenspan is a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Howard Gardner is Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education.
1. Making the Good Worker Three Dilemmas at the Workplace "Good Work" in a Healthy Society The Path to This Study An Investigation of Good Work A Study of Veterans: Alignment and Misalignment in the Professions Our Conceptual Framework Expectations and Uncertainties 2. From Cocoon to Chaos in Journalism Introducing the Veterans Introducing the Young Journalists Balancing Truths and Consequences: Tensions Faced by High School Journalists Young Professionals on the Move Navigating the Moral Minefield 3. The Long Windup in Genetics Who Are the Veteran Geneticists? Who Are the Young Scientists? Integrity, Competition, and Survival Wrestling with Ethical Dilemmas 4. The Price of Passion in Theater Meet the Theater Veterans Meet the Young Actors Personal and Professional Tradeoffs Traversing Ethical Faultlines 5. What We've Learned Three Trajectories and the Quandary of Moral Freedom Comparing Young Journalists, Scientists, and Actors Differences across Age Groups 6. Epilogue: Encouraging Good Work Six Factors: The Route to Good Work Levers for Good Work: The View from Inside Messages Appendix on Methods Comparisons of Responsibility Comparisons of Values Notes Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.11.2005 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 3 line illustrations, 1 table |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge, Mass |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 200 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-674-01830-3 / 0674018303 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-01830-3 / 9780674018303 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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