The politics of working life /:
This timely and engaging text, by leading authorities in the field, adopts the standpoint of the 'questioning observer'. The text weaves together an analysis of individual work experience, political processes in organizations, and the wider context of the social structuring of markets.
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| Summary: | This timely and engaging text, by leading authorities in the field, adopts the standpoint of the 'questioning observer'. The text weaves together an analysis of individual work experience, political processes in organizations, and the wider context of the social structuring of markets. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index. |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Subjectivity, Status, and SatisfactionConclusions; 3 Has it Become Harder to Balance Work and Family Life?; Time and Life; Modern Marriage and the Consequences of Work; Doing Time at Home; Is Technology the Solution?; Is Outsourcing the Solution?; Family-Friendly Workplaces and the Future of Work; Conclusions; 4 Is the Organizational Career an Outdated Concept?; The Changing Career Contract; Career as a Project of the Self; Gendered Career Paths; The Gendered Culture of Organizations; Changing Modes of Management?; Conclusions; 5 How Is Performance Defined, Measured, and Rewarded? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Rise and Operation of PMSAppraisal as Discipline; Performance Management, Ritual, and Symbol; Understanding Workplace Rules; Negotiating Budgets and Rules; Conclusions; 6 Why Is Empowerment Hard to Achieve?; How Does Power Work in Organizations?; Mapping Participation; Why Participation Matters; Extent of Empowerment and Participation; Conditions for Participation to Work; Conclusions; 7 Why Do Disasters Happen?; Administrative Evil?; Cultures of Fear; Reliable Systems; Understanding Technology; Man-made Disasters; Normal Accidents; The Politics and Economics of Safety and Risk Assessments | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Conclusions8 Is Decision-making a Rational Process?; Social Group Processes; 'Groupthink'; Escalation as Group Psychology; Escalation as a Failure of Rationality; Persistence, Failure, and Rationality; Learning; Conclusions; 9 How Are Markets Constructed?; How Do Markets Work?; Corporate Control in the USA and Britain: From Managerial Capitalism to Shareholder Value; Option Pricing, Financial Instruments, and Corporate Scandals; Effects of Market Restructuring in the USA; Alternative Models of Capitalism; Varieties of Capitalism; Conclusions: Competing Logics, Not Competing Models | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 10 How Is Globalization Affecting Work?Globalization: Myth and Reality; Contests over Effects of Globalization; The Global Economy and the IMF; The Regulation of Global Trade; Globalization and Work in Organizations; Conclusions; 11 What Are the Opportunities and Responsibilities of Organizational Life?; Capitalist Futures; Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility: Beyond the Stakeholder View; Business Ethics; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z | |
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| spelling | Edwards, Paul. The politics of working life / Paul Edwards and Judy Wajcman. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. 1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index. Print version record. This timely and engaging text, by leading authorities in the field, adopts the standpoint of the 'questioning observer'. The text weaves together an analysis of individual work experience, political processes in organizations, and the wider context of the social structuring of markets. Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Why and How Should We Think about Work?; Work, Organizations, and Capitalism; Work Experience and Institutions: Making the Links; The Questioning Observer; Connections and Contradictions; Structures and Choices; Economic, Political, and Ideological Processes; Structure of the Book; 2 What Is Happening to Jobs?; Market Individualism; Alienation and the Division of Labour; A New Workplace and a New Worker?; Hand, Heart, or Head: the Changing Character of Labour Subjectivity, Status, and SatisfactionConclusions; 3 Has it Become Harder to Balance Work and Family Life?; Time and Life; Modern Marriage and the Consequences of Work; Doing Time at Home; Is Technology the Solution?; Is Outsourcing the Solution?; Family-Friendly Workplaces and the Future of Work; Conclusions; 4 Is the Organizational Career an Outdated Concept?; The Changing Career Contract; Career as a Project of the Self; Gendered Career Paths; The Gendered Culture of Organizations; Changing Modes of Management?; Conclusions; 5 How Is Performance Defined, Measured, and Rewarded? Rise and Operation of PMSAppraisal as Discipline; Performance Management, Ritual, and Symbol; Understanding Workplace Rules; Negotiating Budgets and Rules; Conclusions; 6 Why Is Empowerment Hard to Achieve?; How Does Power Work in Organizations?; Mapping Participation; Why Participation Matters; Extent of Empowerment and Participation; Conditions for Participation to Work; Conclusions; 7 Why Do Disasters Happen?; Administrative Evil?; Cultures of Fear; Reliable Systems; Understanding Technology; Man-made Disasters; Normal Accidents; The Politics and Economics of Safety and Risk Assessments Conclusions8 Is Decision-making a Rational Process?; Social Group Processes; 'Groupthink'; Escalation as Group Psychology; Escalation as a Failure of Rationality; Persistence, Failure, and Rationality; Learning; Conclusions; 9 How Are Markets Constructed?; How Do Markets Work?; Corporate Control in the USA and Britain: From Managerial Capitalism to Shareholder Value; Option Pricing, Financial Instruments, and Corporate Scandals; Effects of Market Restructuring in the USA; Alternative Models of Capitalism; Varieties of Capitalism; Conclusions: Competing Logics, Not Competing Models 10 How Is Globalization Affecting Work?Globalization: Myth and Reality; Contests over Effects of Globalization; The Global Economy and the IMF; The Regulation of Global Trade; Globalization and Work in Organizations; Conclusions; 11 What Are the Opportunities and Responsibilities of Organizational Life?; Capitalist Futures; Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility: Beyond the Stakeholder View; Business Ethics; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z English. Work. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148133 Capitalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019958 Work https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014937 Travail. labor. aat SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh Capitalism fast Work fast Werkenden. gtt Werkomgeving. gtt Economische aspecten. gtt Psychologische aspecten. gtt Veranderingsprocessen. gtt Beleving. gtt Electronic books. Wajcman, Judy. Print version: Edwards, Paul. Politics of working life. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0199271917 0199271909 (DLC) 2005020566 (OCoLC)60512568 |
| spellingShingle | Edwards, Paul The politics of working life / Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Why and How Should We Think about Work?; Work, Organizations, and Capitalism; Work Experience and Institutions: Making the Links; The Questioning Observer; Connections and Contradictions; Structures and Choices; Economic, Political, and Ideological Processes; Structure of the Book; 2 What Is Happening to Jobs?; Market Individualism; Alienation and the Division of Labour; A New Workplace and a New Worker?; Hand, Heart, or Head: the Changing Character of Labour Subjectivity, Status, and SatisfactionConclusions; 3 Has it Become Harder to Balance Work and Family Life?; Time and Life; Modern Marriage and the Consequences of Work; Doing Time at Home; Is Technology the Solution?; Is Outsourcing the Solution?; Family-Friendly Workplaces and the Future of Work; Conclusions; 4 Is the Organizational Career an Outdated Concept?; The Changing Career Contract; Career as a Project of the Self; Gendered Career Paths; The Gendered Culture of Organizations; Changing Modes of Management?; Conclusions; 5 How Is Performance Defined, Measured, and Rewarded? Rise and Operation of PMSAppraisal as Discipline; Performance Management, Ritual, and Symbol; Understanding Workplace Rules; Negotiating Budgets and Rules; Conclusions; 6 Why Is Empowerment Hard to Achieve?; How Does Power Work in Organizations?; Mapping Participation; Why Participation Matters; Extent of Empowerment and Participation; Conditions for Participation to Work; Conclusions; 7 Why Do Disasters Happen?; Administrative Evil?; Cultures of Fear; Reliable Systems; Understanding Technology; Man-made Disasters; Normal Accidents; The Politics and Economics of Safety and Risk Assessments Conclusions8 Is Decision-making a Rational Process?; Social Group Processes; 'Groupthink'; Escalation as Group Psychology; Escalation as a Failure of Rationality; Persistence, Failure, and Rationality; Learning; Conclusions; 9 How Are Markets Constructed?; How Do Markets Work?; Corporate Control in the USA and Britain: From Managerial Capitalism to Shareholder Value; Option Pricing, Financial Instruments, and Corporate Scandals; Effects of Market Restructuring in the USA; Alternative Models of Capitalism; Varieties of Capitalism; Conclusions: Competing Logics, Not Competing Models 10 How Is Globalization Affecting Work?Globalization: Myth and Reality; Contests over Effects of Globalization; The Global Economy and the IMF; The Regulation of Global Trade; Globalization and Work in Organizations; Conclusions; 11 What Are the Opportunities and Responsibilities of Organizational Life?; Capitalist Futures; Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility: Beyond the Stakeholder View; Business Ethics; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z Work. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148133 Capitalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019958 Work https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014937 Travail. labor. aat SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh Capitalism fast Work fast Werkenden. gtt Werkomgeving. gtt Economische aspecten. gtt Psychologische aspecten. gtt Veranderingsprocessen. gtt Beleving. gtt |
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| title_full | The politics of working life / Paul Edwards and Judy Wajcman. |
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| topic | Work. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148133 Capitalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019958 Work https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014937 Travail. labor. aat SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. bisacsh Capitalism fast Work fast Werkenden. gtt Werkomgeving. gtt Economische aspecten. gtt Psychologische aspecten. gtt Veranderingsprocessen. gtt Beleving. gtt |
| topic_facet | Work. Capitalism. Work Travail. labor. SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. Capitalism Werkenden. Werkomgeving. Economische aspecten. Psychologische aspecten. Veranderingsprocessen. Beleving. Electronic books. |
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