The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality

by Erin Cech and Erin A. Cech

Book Overview

Probing the ominous side of career advice to "follow your passion," this data-driven study explains how the passion principle fails us and perpetuates inequality by class, gender, and race; and it suggests how we can reconfigure our relationships to paid work.

"Follow your passion" is a popular mantra for career decision-making in the United States. Passion-seeking seems like a promising path for avoiding the potential drudgery of a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520303237
• ISBN13: 9780520303232
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"