Labor Commitment and Social Change in Developing AreasSocial Science Research Council, 1960 - 378 pages This work examines the intended and unanticipated consequences of economic advancement in developing areas and the commitment of industrial labor. Both the short-term acceptance of the attitudes and beliefs appropriate to a modernized economy are discussed. |
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... becomes a valid unit of observation only if two conditions obtain : if his commitment level is additive with that of other workers so that they can be averaged ; and if such an average of the commitment levels of individual workers is a ...
... becomes a valid unit of observation only if two conditions obtain : if his commitment level is additive with that of other workers so that they can be averaged ; and if such an average of the commitment levels of individual workers is a ...
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... become a spiritual force of great importance in these areas of the world.1 Development as End and Means The type and degree of change needed can be understood in part through examination of the desired goal . Although it may be ...
... become a spiritual force of great importance in these areas of the world.1 Development as End and Means The type and degree of change needed can be understood in part through examination of the desired goal . Although it may be ...
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... become sharper through time . In other words , where the given goal of economic development involves major transformations of the socioeconomic structure , their acceptance is problematical and uncertain . The " means " prove to be new ...
... become sharper through time . In other words , where the given goal of economic development involves major transformations of the socioeconomic structure , their acceptance is problematical and uncertain . The " means " prove to be new ...
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... becomes the most salient locus of commitment . Attributing primary salience to the place of work as a locus of com- mitment is quite unpalatable to us . In the preceding chapter it was argued that the commitment process involves many ...
... becomes the most salient locus of commitment . Attributing primary salience to the place of work as a locus of com- mitment is quite unpalatable to us . In the preceding chapter it was argued that the commitment process involves many ...
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... become apparent to those involved . It is argued that separation makes efficient communication difficult . The social distance separating the newly created positions is said to introduce a sense of conflict where none should exist . An ...
... become apparent to those involved . It is argued that separation makes efficient communication difficult . The social distance separating the newly created positions is said to introduce a sense of conflict where none should exist . An ...
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achievement African agencies of socialization agricultural analysis associated Baganda become behavior capital commodity market consumer consumption contractual countries cultural demand differential economic development economic growth employer factory forms function goals groups important income increase India individual indus industrial employment industrial labor force industrial societies institutions involved Jamshedpur Kampala Kingsley Davis kinship labor commitment labor force labor market labor unrest limited machine managerial ment mobility modern Moore Mossi nationalists newly developing areas nomic nonindustrial norms occupational operation opportunities orientations participation patterns percent political entrepreneurs population position preindustrial prestige problems process of commitment production organization Puerto Rico recruitment relations relatively rewards role rural sector situation skilled social stratification social structure social system Sociological specific status stratification Talcott Parsons technological tend tion tional town trade unions traditional transitional tribal types Uganda underdeveloped areas urban values wage labor Wilbert workers
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