A nagging sense of job insecurity : the new reality facing Japanese youth /
= Shigoto no naka no aimai na fuan.
Genda Yūji ; translated by Jean Connell Hoff.
- Tokyo, Japan : International House of Japan, 2005.
- xii, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
This book was originally published in 2001 by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., under the title "Shigoto no Naka no Aimai no Fuan"
Includes bibliographical references and index
The underlying causes of job insecurity -- The "parasite single" explanation -- Misconceptions about freeters -- Averting the clash of generations -- The income gap and the job gap -- Performance-based pay and a sense of purpose in one's work -- Conditions for a happy job change -- Becoming one's own boss -- Conclusion: talking to seventy-years-olds.