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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... problem of labor motivation in unfamiliar tasks or , in the technical language used in this volume , the problem of commitment of industrial labor , by which we mean both the short - run objective performance of modern kinds of economic ...
... problem of labor motivation in unfamiliar tasks or , in the technical language used in this volume , the problem of commitment of industrial labor , by which we mean both the short - run objective performance of modern kinds of economic ...
Page vii
... Problems in Economic Develop- ment were vital ingredients in the assembly of the reports and analyses presented here . In addition , Messrs . Harbison and Myers served as " general discussants " at the conference . Their comments and ...
... Problems in Economic Develop- ment were vital ingredients in the assembly of the reports and analyses presented here . In addition , Messrs . Harbison and Myers served as " general discussants " at the conference . Their comments and ...
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... Some Difficulties with the Theory 259 Preindustrial Traditions of the Indian Craftsman 263 Relation to Kinship and Caste 264 Innovation and Individuality 266 Page Decline of Handicrafts and the Problems of Transition 269 CONTENTS xiii.
... Some Difficulties with the Theory 259 Preindustrial Traditions of the Indian Craftsman 263 Relation to Kinship and Caste 264 Innovation and Individuality 266 Page Decline of Handicrafts and the Problems of Transition 269 CONTENTS xiii.
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... Problems of Transition 269 Adverse Effects of British Policy Attempts to Revive Handicrafts Factors Favoring Modern Industrial Development Conclusion 269 271 272 275 15 COMPETING STATUS SYSTEMS by Melvin M. Tumin 277 Relevance of ...
... Problems of Transition 269 Adverse Effects of British Policy Attempts to Revive Handicrafts Factors Favoring Modern Industrial Development Conclusion 269 271 272 275 15 COMPETING STATUS SYSTEMS by Melvin M. Tumin 277 Relevance of ...
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... Problems of language also enter the situation . The investigator's reliance on se- lected bilingual informants ... problem of commitment is fre- quently seen as one faced by managers . Thus the investigator finds him- self sliding into ...
... Problems of language also enter the situation . The investigator's reliance on se- lected bilingual informants ... problem of commitment is fre- quently seen as one faced by managers . Thus the investigator finds him- self sliding into ...
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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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