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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... Mobility 26 Division of Labor Division of Labor within the Work Team 27 27 Specialization The Process of Flow 27 29 31 Patterns of Deference and the Evaluation of Performance Authority 32 34 Functional Legitimation of Authority Dual ...
... Mobility 26 Division of Labor Division of Labor within the Work Team 27 27 Specialization The Process of Flow 27 29 31 Patterns of Deference and the Evaluation of Performance Authority 32 34 Functional Legitimation of Authority Dual ...
Page xi
... Mobility and Commitment Mobility versus Commitment 93 95 96 97 97 98 100 101 Mobility as an Instrument of Commitment 101 Adaptation and Continuous Change 103 Personnel Selection and Occupational Choice 103 Broadening the Bases of ...
... Mobility and Commitment Mobility versus Commitment 93 95 96 97 97 98 100 101 Mobility as an Instrument of Commitment 101 Adaptation and Continuous Change 103 Personnel Selection and Occupational Choice 103 Broadening the Bases of ...
Page xii
... Mobility 156 Occupational Mobility and Aspirations 158 Factors Facilitating Commitment 165 Clear Opportunity for Improved Position 166 Limited Initial Aspirations 167 Absence of Visible Disorganization 168 Quality of Management 168 ...
... Mobility 156 Occupational Mobility and Aspirations 158 Factors Facilitating Commitment 165 Clear Opportunity for Improved Position 166 Limited Initial Aspirations 167 Absence of Visible Disorganization 168 Quality of Management 168 ...
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... MOBILITY OF LABOR by Walter Elkan and Lloyd A. Fallers 238 Wage Labor in Historical Perspective 238 Town Laborers in England 239 Is the Experience Repeated ? 240 The Economy of Uganda 241 Mobility and Type of Job 243 Migration and ...
... MOBILITY OF LABOR by Walter Elkan and Lloyd A. Fallers 238 Wage Labor in Historical Perspective 238 Town Laborers in England 239 Is the Experience Repeated ? 240 The Economy of Uganda 241 Mobility and Type of Job 243 Migration and ...
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... Mobility and Interpersonal Relations , " American Sociological Review , 21 : 290–295 ( June 1956 ) ; Everett E. Hagen , op . cit . 10 See Talcott Parsons and James Olds , “ The Mechanism of Personality Function- ing with Special ...
... Mobility and Interpersonal Relations , " American Sociological Review , 21 : 290–295 ( June 1956 ) ; Everett E. Hagen , op . cit . 10 See Talcott Parsons and James Olds , “ The Mechanism of Personality Function- ing with Special ...
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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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