The sociology of work: structures and inequalities

Comprehensive and versatile, The Sociology of Work: Structures and Inequalities is ideal for courses in the sociology of work and occupations, and the sociology of organizations and corporations, as well as labor studies and human resource management. INDICE: Preface: ; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. The Sociology of Work: An Invitation; The Primacy-of-Production Thesis; The Sociology of Work: Core Principles; Conclusion; 2. Theoretical Traditions in the Sociology of Work; Classical Perspectives on Work and Society; Contemporary Perspectives on Work and Society; Perspectives on Work: Present Realities and Future Perspectives; 3. Studying Workers and Work: Research Methods in the Field; Methods for Studying Work and Workers; Official Statistics: ; Surveys and Interviews: ; Ethnographies:; Experiments; Summary and Conclusion; PART II: THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OFWORK; 4. The Industrial Revolution and Beyond: Culture, Work, and Social Change; Understanding the Industrial Revolution; The Meaning of Work in Preindustrial Societies; The Rise of the Factory System; Gender, Family, and the FactorySystem: The Rise of the Male Breadwinner Norm; Conclusion; 5. The Second Industrial Revolution: Mass Production and Labor Management; The Rise of Mass Production; How Workers Responded to Mass Production; The Invention of Personnel Management; The Hawthorne Research: The Discovery of the Work Group; Summary; PART III: OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURES; 6. Blue-Collar Workers and the Hidden World of Work; The Skills of Blue-Collar Workers; How Work Gets Done: Informal Work Practices; Good Citizenship in the Workplace; Summary; 7. Managers: Careers atWork; The Managerial Occupation; What Do Managers Do?; Managers' Careers; Gender and Racial Differences in Access to Power and Authority; The Future of Management; Summary; 8. The Professions: Power and Status in the Workplace; Characteristics of the Professions; Controlling Professional Work: The ProfessionalEthic; Professional Careers; Summary; 9. Service Jobs: Close Encounters with Customers; Defining Service; Service Industries and Service Occupations; Characteristics of Service Jobs; Control, Routinization, and Technology in Service Work; Doing Deference: Personal Service Work; Conclusion: Beyond the Service Economy; PART IV: INEQUALITIES; 10. Unions in America: The Struggles of the Labor Movement; The Glory Years of Industrial Unionism: 1933-1945; The Decline ofUnions After World War II; The Costs of Union Decline; The Future of Unions; Summary; 11. Gender and Work; The Rise in Women's Labor Force Participation; The Sex Segregation of Jobs and Occupations; Maintaining Barriers Between 'Women's' and 'Men's' Jobs; The Gender Pay Gap and the Worth of Jobs; The Future ofGender Inequality at Work; Conclusion; 12. Managing Diversity: Racial and Ethnic Divisions at Work; Race, Ethnicity, and the Sociology of Work; Government Efforts to Uproot Racial and Ethnic Disparities; Conclusion; 13. Immigrant Workers: Marginal Work, Networks, and Entrepreneurship; Migration of the Poor: Mexicans, Central Americans, and Filipinos; Immigrant Hiring: Networks and Gateways; Immigrants and Entrepreneurship; Summary; PART V: THE FUTURE OF WORK: KEYISSUES AND SOCIAL CHOICES; 14. Work

• ISBN: 978-0-19-538172-6
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 08/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés