Perceptions of Work: Variations within a Factory (Cambridge Papers in Sociology, Series Number 3) - Softcover

Beynon, H.; Blackburn, R. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521097274 ISBN 13: 9780521097277

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1972

Synopsis

This is a 1972 study of the ways in which workers, both men and women with a whole range of ages and family circumstances, relate and adapt to their work situation. It is set in a single factory so that the aspects of the situation relating to the employer, such as the firm's profitability, size and reputation, are all the same for all the workers. This however still leaves considerable variation in their experience of work. On the one hand this is influence by the work group and conditions relating to the worker's particular job; on the other, it depends on the values and expectations which each worker brings to the work situation. this study examines the relationships of these two influences in determining the workers' different perceptions of work.

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Book Description

This is a 1972 study of the ways in which workers within a range of genders and ages relate and adapt to their work situation. It is set in a single factory so that the aspects of the situation relating to the employer, are all the same for all workers.

About the Author

Beynon is Professor of Sociology and a director of the ESRC Research Center on Innovation adn Competition at the University of Manchester.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521097274
• ISBN 13: 9780521097277
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188