Social Theory at Work

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-928597-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 936 g

Work is fundamental to human society and modern organizations, and consequently has been central to the thinking of major social theorists and social science disciplines. This book offers a 'one-stop-shop' guide to classical and contemporary perspectvies of work written by leading international experts. Schools covered include: Weberian, Marxian, Durkheimian, feminist, neo-classical economics, institutional economics, ethics, Foucauldian, postmodernist, organizational sociology and economic sociology.

Each chapter traces the origins of the theoretical school, reviews seminal contributions,and considers major criticisms of the approach. In addition, the book features a section on key aspects of work - professions, technology, identity and globalisation - to which these theories have been applied.

The book makes a major contribution in a number of ways:

· Provides systematic coverage of major social and economic theories and the way they aid our understanding of work;
· Includes a section of chapters that consider, in an applied way, how social theories have helped the analysis of key substantive areas of work;
· Includes contributions from leading academics from both Europe and the USA;

· Each chapter can be read as free-standing summary of a particular school of theoretical approach;
· In addition, the introductory and concluding chapters examine themes cross-cutting the other chapters in the book.

It is an essential text for academics and advanced students concerned with the sociology of work, management, and organization studies.

Zielgruppe

Academics, researchers, and advanced students of the sociology of work, organization studies, and industrial/labor relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Korczynski, Marek

Hodson, Randy

Edwards, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Marek Korczynski, Randy Hodson, and Paul Edwards: Introduction: Competing, collaborating and reinforcing theories

- Theory Overview

- 2: Richard Hyman: Marxist thought and the analysis of work

- 3: Graham Sewell and James Barker: Weberian thought and the analysis of work

- 4: James Lincoln and Didier Guillot: A Durkheimian view of organizational culture

- 5: Heidi Gottfried: Feminist thought and the analysis of work

- 6: Gibson Burrell: Foucauldian and postmodern thought and the analysis of work

- 7: Steve Machin: Neo-classical economic thought and the analysis of work

- 8: Geoffrey Hodgson: The institutional economics tradition and the analysis of work

- 9: Nicole Biggart: Economic sociology and the analysis of work

- 10: Heather Haveman: Organizational sociology and the analysis of work

- 11: Karen Legge: Ethical analysis and work

- Integrative Chapters

- 12: Jacques Belanger: Technology and work

- 13: Keith Macdonald: Professions

- 14: Steve Frenkel: Globalization and work

- 15: Robin Leidner: Identity and work

- 16: Peter Cappelli: Conclusion: Change at work and opportunities for theory

Über Autor(innen)

Marek Korczynski is a Reader in Employment Relations at Loughborough University. His research centres on social theory and work, on the sociology of service work and on music and work. He is the author of On the Front Line: Organization of Work in the Service Economy (Cornell University Press, 1999, co-authored) and Human Resource Management in Service Work (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2002).

Randy Hodson is Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University. His research interests include worker citizenship and resistance, management behavior, and coworker relations. He is also engaged in research on economic transformations in Eastern Europe and China. His recent books include Dignity at Work (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and Worlds of Work: Building an International Sociology of Work (coauthored with Daniel B. Cornfield, Kluwer/Plenum, 2002). He is also coauthor with Teresa A. Sullivan of The Social Organization of Work, 3rd edition (Wadsworth, 2001) and editor of the JAI/ Elsevier Science annual series on Research in the Sociology of Work. For more information see his web site at: http://www.soc.sbs.ohio-state.edu/rdh/.

Paul Edwards is a Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the British Academy. Current research focuses on employment policies in multinational companies and skills and training in small firms. The most recent of his eight books is The Politics of Working Life (OUP, 2005, with Judy Wajcman). He is a former editor of Work, Employment and Society.