Labor Commitment and Social Change in Developing AreasWilbert Ellis Moore, Arnold S. Feldman Bloomsbury Academic, 1982 M07 2 - 396 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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Page 149
... employment , given certain income and property conditions , do not seem to be actively hoping or planning to return to agriculture . Shifts from agriculture to indus- trial employment appear to be followed by a commitment to perma- nent ...
... employment , given certain income and property conditions , do not seem to be actively hoping or planning to return to agriculture . Shifts from agriculture to indus- trial employment appear to be followed by a commitment to perma- nent ...
Page 167
... employment that demands the most in terms of educational qualifications and often at a higher wage than that available in more prestigeful occupa- tions . The demands of alternative employments either greatly under- employ the ...
... employment that demands the most in terms of educational qualifications and often at a higher wage than that available in more prestigeful occupa- tions . The demands of alternative employments either greatly under- employ the ...
Page 200
... employment relationships into a quasi - hereditary system reminiscent of the village systems . These attitudes have been perpetuated by the instability and insignificant growth of industrial employment opportunities during the past ...
... employment relationships into a quasi - hereditary system reminiscent of the village systems . These attitudes have been perpetuated by the instability and insignificant growth of industrial employment opportunities during the past ...
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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