Young Workers: Varieties of Experience. - Review - book review

Adolescence,  Summer, 1999  

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BARLING, Julian, & KELLOWAY, E. Kevin (Eds.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1999. 282pp. $39.95 (h).

By the time North American teenagers graduate from high school, eighty percent of them have been employed on a part-time basis. Yet, this important socializing force has been little studied by psychologists. Young Workers fills this gap by revealing the complexities of young people's transition from school into the world of work. Examining both part-time and full-time workers, this book paints a detailed portrait of how young workers experience their first jobs, how they form their attitudes and beliefs about work, and how current economic and social conditions shape their experience. Chapters investigate the costs and benefits of part-time work, how income is used, young people's salary expectations, the experience of unemployment, child labor and underground economies, occupational health and safety issues, and young people's experience of and attitudes toward labor unions. The contributors' research highlights both the diversity of the young workers and the complexities of their experience in the labor market. ggest useful echniques an

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