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In an era when people live longer and want (or need) to work past the traditional retirement age, the Vita Needle Company of Needham, Massachusetts, provides inspiration and important lessons about the value of older workers. Vita Needle is a family-owned factory that was founded in 1932 and makes needles, stainless steel tubing and pipes, and custom fabricated parts. As part of its unusual business model, the company seeks out older workers; the median age of the employees is seventy-four.
In Retirement on the Line, Caitrin Lynch explores what this company's commitment to an elderly workforce means for the employer, the workers, the community, and society more generally. Benefiting from nearly five years of fieldwork at Vita Needle, Lynch offers an intimate portrait of the people who work there, a nuanced explanation of the company's hiring practices, and a cogent analysis of how the workers' experiences can inform our understanding of aging and work in the twenty-first century. As an in-depth study of a singular workplace, rooted in the unique insights of an anthropologist who specializes in the world of work, this book provides a sustained focus on values and meanings—with profound consequences for the broader assumptions our society has about aging and employment.
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圖書目錄
Introduction: Making Needles, Making Lives
Part I: Up the Stairs
Pigeonholed by Jim Downey
1. Making Money for Fred: Productivity, People, and Purpose
2. Antique Machinery and Antique People: The Vita Needle Family
3. No Chains on the Seats: Freedom and Flexibility
Part II: In the Press
4. Riding the Gray Wave: Global Interest in Vita Needle
5. Rosa, a National Treasure: Agency in the Face of Media Stardom
Conclusion: Vita's Larger Lessons
Postscript
Notes
References
Acknowledgments
Index
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评分這個作者有點像剛從管理學轉來的，哈哈哈，人真實在（心情復雜）。以及，作者啓發瞭我，如果你theoretical parts比較碎，咋辦，就分一百個小標題，一段段像response paper一樣寫，是可以寫書的（中性）。
评分心情復雜，沒啥理論，但也不壞，查瞭一下作者居然是芝大畢業的
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