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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... chapters of Part I. We have added a concluding , retrospec- tive chapter on moot issues . The conference that resulted in this volume was one of a series spon- sored by the Committee on Economic Growth , aided by a grant from the Ford ...
... chapters of Part I. We have added a concluding , retrospec- tive chapter on moot issues . The conference that resulted in this volume was one of a series spon- sored by the Committee on Economic Growth , aided by a grant from the Ford ...
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... CHAPTER 1 COMMITMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL LABOR FORCE The Concept of Commitment Why Is Commitment Important ? Criteria of Judgment The Unit of Observation Commitment and Economic Development Development as End and Means 1 2 3 4 1123 15 55 ...
... CHAPTER 1 COMMITMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL LABOR FORCE The Concept of Commitment Why Is Commitment Important ? Criteria of Judgment The Unit of Observation Commitment and Economic Development Development as End and Means 1 2 3 4 1123 15 55 ...
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... - clerical , managerial , and professional . In the broad sense , indus- trial production involves financial and distributive activities , as well 1 CHAPTER COMMITMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL LABOR FORCE The Concept of Commitment.
... - clerical , managerial , and professional . In the broad sense , indus- trial production involves financial and distributive activities , as well 1 CHAPTER COMMITMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL LABOR FORCE The Concept of Commitment.
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... chapter , and indeed of this volume , is largely devoted . Because the question is often asked from a practical point of view , in the context of advancing eco- nomic growth , a preliminary answer may be put in that context . Labor ...
... chapter , and indeed of this volume , is largely devoted . Because the question is often asked from a practical point of view , in the context of advancing eco- nomic growth , a preliminary answer may be put in that context . Labor ...
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... ( Chapter 9 infra ) . Third , the problem of commitment is fre- quently seen as one faced by managers . Thus the investigator finds him- self sliding into the position that his task is to provide the kind of information that will allow ...
... ( Chapter 9 infra ) . Third , the problem of commitment is fre- quently seen as one faced by managers . Thus the investigator finds him- self sliding into the position that his task is to provide the kind of information that will allow ...
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achievement African agricultural analysis associated authority Baganda become behavior capital consumers consumption contractual cultural demand differential East Africa economic development economic growth employers factory forms function goals groups important increase India individual indus industrial employment industrial labor force industrial labor market industrial societies institutions involved Jamshedpur Kampala Kingsley Davis kinship labor commitment labor force labor market labor unrest limited M. N. Srinivas machine managerial ment mobility modern Moore Mossi nationalists newly developing areas Niger nomic nonindustrial norms occupational operation opportunities orientation 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 skill social system specific status stratification Talcott Parsons technological tend tion town trade unions traditional transition tribal turnover types Uganda underdeveloped areas urban values wage labor workers Yatenga