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 ...
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... problem and its ramifications have been kept in sharp focus . The per- spectives of authors differ , as they should , but the field of vision has been the same . The sequence of steps leading to publication of this volume may be briefly ...
... problem and its ramifications have been kept in sharp focus . The per- spectives of authors differ , as they should , but the field of vision has been the same . The sequence of steps leading to publication of this volume may be briefly ...
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... 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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... Difficulties with the Theory Relation to Kinship and Caste Innovation and Individuality 258 259 Preindustrial Traditions of the Indian Craftsman 263 264 266 Page Decline of Handicrafts and the Problems of Transition 269 CONTENTS xiii.
... Difficulties with the Theory Relation to Kinship and Caste Innovation and Individuality 258 259 Preindustrial Traditions of the Indian Craftsman 263 264 266 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 269 Attempts to Revive Handicrafts 271 Conclusion Factors Favoring Modern Industrial Development 15 COMPETING STATUS SYSTEMS by Melvin M. Tumin 272 275 277 Relevance of ...
... Problems of Transition 269 Adverse Effects of British Policy 269 Attempts to Revive Handicrafts 271 Conclusion Factors Favoring Modern Industrial Development 15 COMPETING STATUS SYSTEMS by Melvin M. Tumin 272 275 277 Relevance of ...
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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