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The Work Paradigm
Paul Ransome
其他書名
A Theoretical Investigation of Concepts of Work
出版Avebury, 1996
主題Political Science / Labor & Industrial RelationsSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN18597218349781859721834
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7519AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This text debates the future of work, investigating how the conceptual and practical aspects of work combine to form a work paradigm. It is argued that economic stability depends upon a satisfactory equilibrium between the way work is organized in practice, and the attribution of meaning and purpose to that work. Beginning with an analysis of the criteria applied in defining work, and of the basic principles which underlie human productive activity, the book analyzes the internal dynamics which govern the formation of the work paradigm. It is argued that the current concept of work has become increasingly outdated in the face of rapid technological change, and increases in job insecurity, thus creating a critical disequilibrium within the work paradigm. The book concludes that the satisfactory emergence of a new equilibrium will require a thorough reassessment of what we mean by work.