Working Life: Renewing Labour Process Analysis: Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment
Autor Paul Thompson, Chris Smithen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 feb 2010
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0230222234
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 10 diagrams, 10 b/w tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:2010
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Red Globe Press
Seria Critical Perspectives on Work and Employment
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Notă biografică
PAUL THOMPSON is Professor of Organizational Analysis and Head of the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde Business School. In addition to many journal articles, Paul has previously authored Democracy and Patricipation at Work, Palgrave; A Handbook of Work and Organization, OUP; and the highly successful third edition of Work Organizations.CHRIS SMITH is Professor of Organisation Studies at The School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
Cuprins
PART I: THE CORE THEORY Debating Labour Process Theory and the Sociology of Work Developing Labour Process Analysis: Themes from Industrial Sociology and Future Directions Labour Process Theory and Critical Realism The Core Theory: Critiques, Defences and Advances PART II: CLASSIC THEMES REVISITED Skill and the Labour Process: The Conditions and Consequences of Change Normative Control and Beyond in Contemporary Capitalism The Repertoire of Employee Opposition Renewing and Revising the Engagement between Labour Process Theory and Technology Gender, Labour Process Theory and Intersectionality: Une Liason Dangereuse? PART III: NEW CONCEPTS, NEW REALITIES Old Ambiguities and New Developments: Exploring the Emotional Labour Process Embodying Labour The Globalization of Service Work: Analysing the Transnational Call Centre Value Chain Go with the Flow: Labour Power Mobility and Labour Process Theory Making Space for Geography in Labour Process Theory Beyond the Blank Slate: Identities and Interests at Work.
Descriere
Labour process theory is consolidated in Working Life to develop a credible account of the relationships between capitalist political economy, work systems and the strategies and practices of actors in the employment relationship. Beyond this, the book explores the future of labour process analysis.