Work, Self and Society - After Industrialism (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)

Changes currently occuring in the world of work are large-scale, affecting what people do everyday and altering relations among ourselves and with the physical world. There is a shift in the nature of industrial work, from a materiality of labour and product, and specialization of function, to forms of production that are discursive, or symbolic, and highly integrated. Among the far reaching implications of a postindustrial condition is a dissolution of traditional and modern bonds of social solidarity and a metamorphosis of the character of the modern self. This text examines the relationships between the institutional practices of work under post-industrial conditions and the formation of the self. Drawing on data from field work in a multi-national corporation, the book critically analyzes organizations and cultural practices in contemporary corporate work. The author interprets the deliberate construction of "designer cultures" as a response to the broad crisis in industrial production, work and culture. The book also develops a critical social psychology of corporate work.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Catherine Casey
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-11202-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Occupational & industrial psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
LSN:	0-415-11202-8
Barcode:	9780415112024

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