Work and Industry: Structures, Markets, and Processes - Couverture rigide

Kalleberg, Arne L.; Berg, Ivar

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0306423448 ISBN 13 : 9780306423444

Editeur : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1987

Synopsis

Work occupies a pivotal role in the daily activities and over the course of a lifetime of members of modern societies. In anticipation, work influ- ences education and training; it has much to do with shaping current earned income and status in the community; and in retrospect, it influ- ences retirement income and activities. It is a powerful force affecting personal associations. In our society work is deeply encased in moral and religious values: As Poor Richard says, A Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two Things. Do you imagine that Sloth will afford you more Comfort than Labour? No, for as Poor Richard says: ... Industry gives Comfort, and Plenty and Respect. Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. But few words have as many different meanings and nuances as "work" to forge or to shape, to stir or to knead, to solve, to exploit, to practice trickery for some end, to excite or to provoke, to persuade or to influence, to toil, and the like. A need for precision in meaning is requisite with respect to work, not only in common discourse, but, even more so, in scholarly communication.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0306423448
• ISBN 13: 9780306423444
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible