1. WHITE COLLARED.
- Author
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Hanus, Julie
- Subjects
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WHITE collar workers , *CORPORATE culture , *BLUE collar workers - Abstract
The author describes the culture of white-collar workspace in the U.S. since the growth of the service sector in the 1980s. He cites factors which prompted white-collar workers to be depicted as monkeylike morons shuffling papers and wasting time on the Internet. He also differentiates white-collar workers from blue-collar laborers based on a study conducted for the Center for American Progress. He also highlights the impact of the emergence of technology on U.S. office workers.
- Published
- 2008