Corporate Unemployment
Lecture Series Kicks Off With ‘A Company of One’
Feb. 24, 2012 :: No. 99
What: The new culture of corporate employment and unemployment is the topic of a Feb. 29 talk sponsored by Cal State Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. The lecture is part of a series that incorporates business and the humanities.
Who: Carrie M. Lane, Cal State Fullerton associate professor of American studies and author of “A Company of One” (Cornell University Press, 2011), a book about America’s laid-off, white-collar workers, is the presenter. Lane holds a doctorate from Yale University and has focused her research on American business and labor history, as well as American consumer culture.
When: Feb. 29, 1 p.m.
Where: Room 1506 of Mihaylo Hall
Cal State Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton 92831
Book Jacket Synopsis: In “A Company of One,” Lane finds that “the new culture of corporate employment, changes to the job search process and dual-income marriage have reshaped how today's skilled workers view unemployment. Through interviews with 75 unemployed and underemployed high-tech, white-collar workers in the Dallas area over the course of the 2000s, Lane found that employees have embraced a new definition of employment in which all jobs are temporary and all workers are, or should be, independent ‘companies of one.' ”
Upcoming lectures: The second and third lectures in the series will be presented by CSUF faculty members John K. Davis, associate professor of philosophy, and Lynn M. Sargeant, associate professor of history, in March and April, respectively.
Parking: $2 per hour or $8 for a daily permit. Details are available online.
More Information: Contact Mark Hoven Stohs, chair and professor of finance, at 657-278-2217 or mstohs@fullerton.edu
Media Contact: Mimi Ko Cruz, 657-278-7586, mkocruz@fullerton.edu
