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An introduction to the sociology of work and occupations / Rudi Volti.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : Pine Forge Press, c2008.Description: xix, 276 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781412924962 (pbk.)
  • 1412924960 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.36 VOL/Int  22
LOC classification:
  • HD6971 .V64 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Work before industrialization -- The oldest and longest-lasting mode of life and work -- Gathering and hunting societies in the modern world -- The working lives of gather-hunters -- The agricultural revolution -- Farm labor and cultural change -- Artisan work -- Time and work -- Protestantism and the rise of capitalism -- Industrialization and its consequences -- The industrial revolution -- Capitalism and market economies -- Wages and working conditions in the industrial revolution -- Women in the industrial revolution -- Industrialization and social protest -- Making management "scientific" -- The assembly line -- A post-industrial revolution? -- Technology, globalization, and work -- Technology, work, and occupations -- Work and contemporary technologies -- Telework -- Technology and globalization -- Globalization, trade, and employment -- Immigration -- The organization of work in preindustrial times -- Traditional societies and the organization of work -- The family as a basis of work organization -- Slavery -- Caste and occupation -- The guilds -- Apprenticeship -- An assessment of guild organization -- Bureaucratic organization -- The rise of bureaucratic organization -- The elements of bureaucratic organization -- Where bureaucracy works and where it doesn't -- Bureaucratic organization, work, and the worker -- Alternatives to bureaucracy -- Professions and professionalization -- The checklist approach to the professions -- The professional continuum -- Attaining professional status -- Professionalization as a means of control -- Professionals in organizations -- Today's challenges to the professions -- Resource control and professional -- Autonomy: the case of medicine -- Diversity and professional status -- Getting a job -- The economics of the job market -- Minimum wage laws -- Jobs, human capital, and credentials -- Networks and their significance -- Diversity in the workplace -- Race, ethnicity, and hiring practices -- Women in the workforce -- Discrimination, occupational segregation, and pay -- Getting ahead.
Who gets what? -- The determination of wages and salaries: market economics once again -- The widening income gap -- Why has income inequality increased? -- Unionization and its decline -- Computers and income inequality -- Globalization, employment, and income -- Immigration and income -- Occupational prestige -- Life on the job: work and its rewards -- Employment and unemployment -- The personal consequences of unemployment -- Varieties of employment -- Work without pay -- Job training and employment opportunities -- Work and social interaction -- Social relationships and job performance -- The intrinsic satisfactions of work -- Life on the job ii: the perils and pressures of work -- Work may be hazardous to your health -- Stress at work -- Jobs, secure and insecure -- Temporary workers -- Alienated labor -- Managerial efforts to reduce on-the-job alienation -- Job satisfaction and dissatisfaction today -- Workplace culture and socialization -- The significance of workplace cultures -- Socialization into a culture -- Socialization as an ongoing processes -- Socialization and identity -- Occupational and organizational heroes -- Rites of passage -- Organizations and subcultures -- Supportive workplace subcultures -- Deviant subcultures -- Socialization, careers, and strain -- Work roles and life roles -- The separation of work and residence -- Hours of work -- Women at work -- Couples, families, and careers -- Reconciling work and roles and life roles -- Conclusion: work today and tomorrow -- Technology, work, and occupations -- Making globalization and technological change more equitable -- Work and demographic change -- Women, work, and families -- Closing the income gap -- The health care morass -- The fate of the professions -- Organizations for the 21st century -- Jobs for the future -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Work before industrialization -- The oldest and longest-lasting mode of life and work -- Gathering and hunting societies in the modern world -- The working lives of gather-hunters -- The agricultural revolution -- Farm labor and cultural change -- Artisan work -- Time and work -- Protestantism and the rise of capitalism -- Industrialization and its consequences -- The industrial revolution -- Capitalism and market economies -- Wages and working conditions in the industrial revolution -- Women in the industrial revolution -- Industrialization and social protest -- Making management "scientific" -- The assembly line -- A post-industrial revolution? -- Technology, globalization, and work -- Technology, work, and occupations -- Work and contemporary technologies -- Telework -- Technology and globalization -- Globalization, trade, and employment -- Immigration -- The organization of work in preindustrial times -- Traditional societies and the organization of work -- The family as a basis of work organization -- Slavery -- Caste and occupation -- The guilds -- Apprenticeship -- An assessment of guild organization -- Bureaucratic organization -- The rise of bureaucratic organization -- The elements of bureaucratic organization -- Where bureaucracy works and where it doesn't -- Bureaucratic organization, work, and the worker -- Alternatives to bureaucracy -- Professions and professionalization -- The checklist approach to the professions -- The professional continuum -- Attaining professional status -- Professionalization as a means of control -- Professionals in organizations -- Today's challenges to the professions -- Resource control and professional -- Autonomy: the case of medicine -- Diversity and professional status -- Getting a job -- The economics of the job market -- Minimum wage laws -- Jobs, human capital, and credentials -- Networks and their significance -- Diversity in the workplace -- Race, ethnicity, and hiring practices -- Women in the workforce -- Discrimination, occupational segregation, and pay -- Getting ahead.

Who gets what? -- The determination of wages and salaries: market economics once again -- The widening income gap -- Why has income inequality increased? -- Unionization and its decline -- Computers and income inequality -- Globalization, employment, and income -- Immigration and income -- Occupational prestige -- Life on the job: work and its rewards -- Employment and unemployment -- The personal consequences of unemployment -- Varieties of employment -- Work without pay -- Job training and employment opportunities -- Work and social interaction -- Social relationships and job performance -- The intrinsic satisfactions of work -- Life on the job ii: the perils and pressures of work -- Work may be hazardous to your health -- Stress at work -- Jobs, secure and insecure -- Temporary workers -- Alienated labor -- Managerial efforts to reduce on-the-job alienation -- Job satisfaction and dissatisfaction today -- Workplace culture and socialization -- The significance of workplace cultures -- Socialization into a culture -- Socialization as an ongoing processes -- Socialization and identity -- Occupational and organizational heroes -- Rites of passage -- Organizations and subcultures -- Supportive workplace subcultures -- Deviant subcultures -- Socialization, careers, and strain -- Work roles and life roles -- The separation of work and residence -- Hours of work -- Women at work -- Couples, families, and careers -- Reconciling work and roles and life roles -- Conclusion: work today and tomorrow -- Technology, work, and occupations -- Making globalization and technological change more equitable -- Work and demographic change -- Women, work, and families -- Closing the income gap -- The health care morass -- The fate of the professions -- Organizations for the 21st century -- Jobs for the future -- Index.

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