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Author Jeske, Christine, author.

Title The laziness myth : narratives of work and the good life in South Africa / Christine Jeske.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "We want to live a good life" : Introduction -- "They don't want to work": The Laziness Myth -- "You can't understand it" : Employers' Perspectives of the Unemployed -- "I need to respect that person and that person needs to respect me" : The Respect Narrative -- "Hustling is when you try to make a good life" : The Hustling Narrative -- "I'm just a laborer" : The Laborer Narrative -- "I have a good story" : Possibilities -- "Despite the contradictions" : Closing Thoughts.
Summary "When people cannot find good work, can they still find good lives? By investigating this question in the context of South Africa, where only 43 percent of adults are employed, Christine Jeske challenges readers to examine their own assumptions about how work and the good life do or do not coincide"-- Provided by publisher
Language In English.
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Subject Work ethic -- South Africa.
Laziness -- South Africa.
Work -- Psychological aspects.
Black people -- Employment -- South Africa.
Unemployment -- Social aspects -- South Africa.
Unemployed -- South Africa -- Attitudes.
Well-being -- South Africa.
Quality of life -- South Africa.
Happiness -- South Africa.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Black people -- Employment
Happiness
Laziness
Quality of life
Unemployed -- Attitudes
Unemployment -- Social aspects
Well-being
Work ethic
Work -- Psychological aspects
South Africa
Other Form: Print version: Jeske, Christine. Laziness myth. Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501752506 (DLC) 2020012060
ISBN 9781501752520 (electronic book)
1501752529 (electronic book)
9781501752537 (electronic book)
1501752537 (electronic book)
9781501752506 (hardcover)
9781501752513 (paperback)
Standard No. 10.1515/9781501752537
16787215

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