Organizational Misbehaviour in the Workplace Narratives of Dignity and Resistance

People need dignity and autonomy at work. If they are denied this, there will be a strong tendency to resist working conditions and misbehave at work. This book presents and analyses stories about people's resistance in working life that make us reflect upon how employees are treated at work and consequences thereof.

About the author

JAN CH. KARLSSON Professor of Sociology at the Department of Working life science at Karlstad University, Sweden. Among hisprevious books in English are Commitment to Work and Job Satisfaction, Flexibility and Stability in Working Life, Gender Segregation, and Explaining Society.

Summary

People need dignity and autonomy at work. If they are denied this, there will be a strong tendency to resist working conditions and misbehave at work. This book presents and analyses stories about people's resistance in working life that make us reflect upon how employees are treated at work and consequences thereof.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Ch Karlsson, Jan Ch. Karlsson, J. Karlsson
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.01.2011
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration
• EAN: 9781349333967
• ISBN: 978-1-349-33396-7
• Pages: 216
• Illustrations: XII, 216 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 1 x 22.9 cm
• Weight (packing): 365 g
• Subjects: Management, B, Leadership, Human Resource Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Behavioral Economics, Behavioural economics, business strategy, Management & management techniques, Personnel Management, Experimental Economics, Management science, Business Strategy and Leadership, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, business;management;Manager;methods;organization;service