Workforce transitions from the profit to the non-profit sector.
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Title
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Workforce transitions from the profit to the non-profit sector.
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Identifier
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AAI9830764
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identifier
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9830764
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Creator
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Stein, Tobie Sabrina.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Paul Attewell
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Date
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1998
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations | Business Administration, Management
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Abstract
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Over the last 15 years, the numbers of professionals and managers displaced from corporate jobs has increased dramatically. This has coincided with a rapid expansion of employment in the non-profit sector, a sector which has a high proportion of managerial and professional workers among its employees. This raises the possibility of shifting unemployed private sector managers into new jobs in the non-profit sector.;However, stereotypes on both sides hinder such movement: suspicions by corporate managers that non-profit management is unskilled or inefficient confront suspicions by non-profit recruiters that corporate managers lack value commitments and correct orientations for non-profit work. It is clear that movement from corporate to non-profit employment requires re-socialization of the individuals making the transition, as well as surmounting negative stereotypes via the creation of new professional networks, new skills, and new ways to present oneself.;My research addresses these issues by examining the real differences in work roles and organizational cultures in the corporate and non-profit sectors, as well as documenting stereotyping and its effects. I also follow several cohorts of displaced corporate professionals who have made the transition to the non-profit world, to study their experiences of the transition. The research uses open-ended interview techniques as well as participant-observation of training classes.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
