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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... less easily detected and controlled . It is a fundamental postulate of this volume that full commitment of an in- dustrial labor force is both important for continuous economic develop- ment and problematical - for reasons that are ...
... less easily detected and controlled . It is a fundamental postulate of this volume that full commitment of an in- dustrial labor force is both important for continuous economic develop- ment and problematical - for reasons that are ...
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... less supervision , and cer- tainly less disciplinary supervision , and his performance is more likely to be at the upper end of the tolerable range than at the lower . ( 2 ) The worker who has accepted the norms appropriate to his ...
... less supervision , and cer- tainly less disciplinary supervision , and his performance is more likely to be at the upper end of the tolerable range than at the lower . ( 2 ) The worker who has accepted the norms appropriate to his ...
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... less probable , particularly since greater sacrifices are likely to be involved.3 We are here mainly concerned with the acceptance and performance of the actions necessary for economic change , i.e. , with means . Where the process of ...
... less probable , particularly since greater sacrifices are likely to be involved.3 We are here mainly concerned with the acceptance and performance of the actions necessary for economic change , i.e. , with means . Where the process of ...
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... less rapid than in advanced countries . Commitment to Economic Development as a Means When the two types of commitment are not mutually reinforcing , the differences between them are likely to become sharper through time . In other ...
... less rapid than in advanced countries . Commitment to Economic Development as a Means When the two types of commitment are not mutually reinforcing , the differences between them are likely to become sharper through time . In other ...
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... less the learned actions and ideas and the believed values are more or less consistently buttressed by a system of rewards and expectations . The maintenance processes relevant here are presumably most effective when the transition is ...
... less the learned actions and ideas and the believed values are more or less consistently buttressed by a system of rewards and expectations . The maintenance processes relevant here are presumably most effective when the transition is ...
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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