Labor Commitment and Social Change in Developing AreasThis 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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relationships of workers and machines have tended to be argumentative , value - laden , and extreme - thus obscuring the considerable heterogeneity that now characterizes machine work.11 Both machines and workers have experienced ...
relationships of workers and machines have tended to be argumentative , value - laden , and extreme - thus obscuring the considerable heterogeneity that now characterizes machine work.11 Both machines and workers have experienced ...
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Once machines are designed , installed , and in operation , the reverse determinism can be observed . At this point in the cycle of relations between man and machine , the immediate " lead ” comes from the machine .
Once machines are designed , installed , and in operation , the reverse determinism can be observed . At this point in the cycle of relations between man and machine , the immediate " lead ” comes from the machine .
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The village peasants ' labor is not a source of mental stimulation , nor is it " easy " work.15 Machine pacing and rhythm impart an increased rigidity to the structure of work activities.16 The difficulty of either learning or ...
The village peasants ' labor is not a source of mental stimulation , nor is it " easy " work.15 Machine pacing and rhythm impart an increased rigidity to the structure of work activities.16 The difficulty of either learning or ...
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acceptance achievement activities African agricultural analysis appear aspects associated authority basis become behavior capital Chapter commitment concerned consequence continue countries cultural demand depends developing areas economic development effective employment entrepreneurs example exist expected factory forms function goals greater groups growth important income increase India individual industrial institutions interest involved kind kinship labor force labor market land least less limited machine major means ment mobility newly norms occupational operation opportunities organization participation particular patterns percent performance plant political population position possible present Press problems production reason recruitment relations relatively response result rewards role rural sense significant situation skill social societies specific status structure tend tion town trade traditional transition types unions units University urban values wage workers
Bibliographic information
| Title | Labor Commitment and Social Change in Developing Areas |
| Editors | Wilbert Ellis Moore, Arnold S. Feldman |
| Contributor | Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Economic Growth |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0313235724, 9780313235726 |
| Length | 396 pages |
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