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Productive behavior through the life course: An essay on the quality of life
Author(s) -
Kahn Robert L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.3930230103
Subject(s) - task (project management) , quality (philosophy) , life course approach , quality of life (healthcare) , medical care , business , course (navigation) , public relations , marketing , psychology , economics , social psychology , management , political science , medicine , nursing , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , psychotherapist , aerospace engineering
Present patterns of productive activity are neither well recognized, optimal for society, nor in accordance with individual prefence. Although a great deal of attention has been given to meeting people's needs for income, medical care, and other services, the quality of their lives must also be defined by what they do for themselves and for others. In discovering present patterns of productive activity throughout the life course and optimizing those patterns, we will raise the quality of American life. To accomplish this task, two great changes are needed: we must recognize the full range of productive activities throughout the life course and give people the opportunity to modify the allocation of paid employment.