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Drawing on interviews with dismissed IBM executives in Westchester, New York, bakers in a high-tech Boston bakery, a barmaid turned advertising executive, and many others, Sennett explores the disorienting effects of the new capitalism. He reveals the vivid and illuminating contrast between two worlds of work: the vanished world of rigid, hierarchical organizations, where what mattered was a sense of personal character, and the brave new world of...
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Comparison of work attitudes in Japan, UK and USA - examines employees attitudes and management attitudes to absenteeism, work performance, paid leave, etc.; discusses quality circles, the effect of wage payment system, especially measured daywork, cultural factors and social norms; assesses Motivation and job satisfaction; considers young workers attitudes. Graphs, references.
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Comparison of men and woman worker employees attitudes towards employment and job satisfaction in the USA - explains sample survey research methods; compares attitudes to promotion, awareness of sex discrimination, family social role, etc; examines the role of value systems in the sexual division of labour. Annotated bibliography.
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Study of woman workers in export oriented industries on the northern frontier in Mexico - based on a field study (1978-1979) in Ciudad Juarez, discusses industrial worker demographic aspects, educational level, wage differentials, working conditions, obstacles to trade unionization, seasonal unemployment, underemployment, labour market segmentation, employees attitudes and social implications of the Border Industrialization Program based on multinational...
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