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On Being At Work: The Social Construction of the Employee (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society) - Softcover

Harding, Nancy

 
9781032927725: On Being At Work: The Social Construction of the Employee (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1032927720 ISBN 13: 9781032927725
Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

Inspired by the work of the philosopher Judith Butler, influenced by Marx’s theory of alienation and intrigued by theories of death, this book develops an anti-methodological approach to studying working lives. Distinctions are drawn between labour (the tasks we do in our jobs) and work (self-making activities that are carried out at the workplace): between the less than human, zombie-like laborer and the working human self. Nancy Harding argues that the experience of being at work is one in which the insistence on practising one’s humanity always provides a counter-point to organisational demands.

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About the Author

Nancy Harding is Professor of Organization Theory at Bradford University School of Management. She is currently writing a series of books on the social construction of, respectively, the manager (Routledge, 2003), the employee (Routledge, 2013), and the organization (forthcoming).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032927720
ISBN 13 
9781032927725
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
216