Skill and Consent: Contemporary Studies in the Labour Process (Critical Perspectives on Work & Organizations) - Hardcover

9780415085854: Skill and Consent: Contemporary Studies in the Labour Process (Critical Perspectives on Work & Organizations)

Synopsis

The concepts of skill and worker consent to management control are central both to labour process literature and to wider debates on the management, organization, and experience at work. Defining the nature of skills exercised in producing goods and services and ensuring that they are directed co-operatively to this end remain fundamental issues to the controllers of organizations. For workers, skill represents an important source of identity which may thereby ensure co-operation in production or, equally be defined by resisting de-skilling or substitution by other workers. At the same time, covert skills may be used to resist, detract from or consent to the experience of subordination. At the level of both worker and management practices, skill and consent are of central importance. However, no other equivalent publications have such a focus. Moreover, in explaining their historical and social construction in capitalist societies, this volume highlights their inter-relationships. Through a range of empirical studies that reflect the diversity and theoretical development of contemporary labour process literature, skill and consent are examined in relation to various issues.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherCengage Learning
  • Publication date1980
  • ISBN 10 0415085853
  • ISBN 13 9780415085854
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages224
  • EditorSturdy Andrew, Etc.

Buy Used

Condition: Very Good
Hardcover without jacket. The concepts... Learn more about this copy

Shipping: £ 9.50
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.

Destination, rates & speeds

Add to basket

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780415086714: Skill and Consent: Contemporary Studies in the Labour Process (Organization & Employment Studies S.)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  041508671X ISBN 13:  9780415086714
Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA, 1992
Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Sturdy, Andrew; Knights, David; Willmott Hugh (eds.)
Published by Routledge, London, 1992
ISBN 10: 0415085853 ISBN 13: 9780415085854
Used Hardcover First Edition

Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom

Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars 5-star rating, Learn more about seller ratings

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover without jacket. The concepts of skill and worker consent to management control are central both to labour process literature and to wider debates on the management, organization, and experience at work. Defining the nature of skills exercised in producing goods and services and ensuring that they are directed co-operatively to this end remain fundamental issues to the controllers of organizations. For workers, skill represents an important source of identity which may thereby ensure co-operation in production or, equally be defined by resisting de-skilling or substitution by other workers. At the same time, covert skills may be used to resist, detract from or consent to the experience of subordination. At the level of both worker and management practices, skill and consent are of central importance. However, no other equivalent publications have such a focus. Moreover, in explaining their historical and social construction in capitalist societies, this volume highlights their inter-relationships. Through a range of empirical studies that reflect the diversity and theoretical development of contemporary labour process literature, skill and consent are examined in relation to various issues. Clean Copy. Seller Inventory # 019534

Contact seller

Buy Used

£ 22.29
Convert currency
Shipping: £ 9.50
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

Quantity: 1 available

Add to basket

Stock Image

Sturdy, Andrew (Ed), et al
Published by Routledge, 1992
ISBN 10: 0415085853 ISBN 13: 9780415085854
Used Hardcover

Seller: JuddSt.Pancras, London, United Kingdom

Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars 5-star rating, Learn more about seller ratings

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First eight pages creased. Books are sent promptly by First Class Mail. Seller Inventory # c36217

Contact seller

Buy Used

£ 15.50
Convert currency
Shipping: £ 20
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

Quantity: 1 available

Add to basket