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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... 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 Turnover 244 Labor ...
... 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 Turnover 244 Labor ...
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... Labor Market , Protest , and the Wage Structure Factors in the Commitment Process Some Additional Conditions The Diversity of the Past Conclusion Page 331 332 333 335 337 339 341 343 348 348 350 351 352 354 356 357 358 PART VI ...
... Labor Market , Protest , and the Wage Structure Factors in the Commitment Process Some Additional Conditions The Diversity of the Past Conclusion Page 331 332 333 335 337 339 341 343 348 348 350 351 352 354 356 357 358 PART VI ...
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... labor market commit- ment are well known and can be quickly summarized . They include such criteria for entrance and exit as age and thresholds of employ- ability ; a wage or income orientation to jobs , which does not exclude other ...
... labor market commit- ment are well known and can be quickly summarized . They include such criteria for entrance and exit as age and thresholds of employ- ability ; a wage or income orientation to jobs , which does not exclude other ...
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... wage employments . As employees they are virtu- ally barred from traditional barter arrangements , and virtually forced into the technical role of consumers . Thus the industrial worker , whose commitment is a primary concern here , may ...
... wage employments . As employees they are virtu- ally barred from traditional barter arrangements , and virtually forced into the technical role of consumers . Thus the industrial worker , whose commitment is a primary concern here , may ...
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... wage labor , maximize monetary profit , and reinvest capital as would the Western industrialist . We would expect that the labor supply would relate to kinship obligation and be rewarded by feasting or reciprocal duty , and that many ...
... wage labor , maximize monetary profit , and reinvest capital as would the Western industrialist . We would expect that the labor supply would relate to kinship obligation and be rewarded by feasting or reciprocal duty , and that many ...
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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