1st Edition

Work, Self and Society After Industrialism

By Catherine Casey Copyright 1995
252 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Despite recent interest in the effects of restructuring and redesigning the work place, the link between individual identity and structural change has usually been asserted rather than demonstrated. Through an extensive review of data from field work in a multi-national corporation Catherine Casey changes this. She knows that changes currently occuring in the world of work are part of the vast... Read more
INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND THE PROBLEM OF WORK; Chapter 2 THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORK; Chapter 3 DISCOURSES OF THE SELF; Chapter 4 THE WORKING SELF: SOCIALIZATION AND LEARNING AT WORK; Chapter 5 DISCOURSES OF PRODUCTION; Chapter 6 DESIGNER EMPLOYEES: CORPORATE CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION OF SELF; Chapter 7 REVIVALISM, SELF AND SOLIDARITY; Chapter 8 APPENDIX: THE FIELD STUDY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY Index;

Biography

Catherine Casey is a lecturer in the School of Commerce and Economics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.