The Affluent Worker - Industrial Attitudes and Behaviour

A study of affluent workers, employees of major industrial concerns giving an account of their advanced personnel and labour relations policies.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The worker and his job; 3. The worker and his work group; 4. The worker and his firm; 5. The worker and his union; 6. the worker and his economic future; 7. Orientation to work and its social correlates; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Index.

Summary

The affluent workers studied in this book, originally published in 1968, were employees of three major industrial concerns sited in Luton at the time. the authors examine in detail workers' experience of their industrial jobs, their relations with workmates, and the nature of their attachment both to the organizations which employ them and to their trade unions.

Product details

• Authors: F. Bechhofer, Frank Bechhofer, J. H. Goldthorpe, John H. Goldthorpe, D. Lockwood, David Lockwood
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2010
• EAN: 9780521094665
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09466-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Series: Cambridge Science Classics
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories