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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... opportunities . " 22 Because of the uneven introduction of Western patterns , as exemplified in educational developments without employment opportunities , one may frequently encounter the phenom- enon of " precommitment " and ...
... opportunities . " 22 Because of the uneven introduction of Western patterns , as exemplified in educational developments without employment opportunities , one may frequently encounter the phenom- enon of " precommitment " and ...
Page 138
... opportunities offering rewards not obtainable in others . On the supply side , its operation depends on the existence of forces motivating entry and participation by the potential labor supply or on responsiveness to the rewards ...
... opportunities offering rewards not obtainable in others . On the supply side , its operation depends on the existence of forces motivating entry and participation by the potential labor supply or on responsiveness to the rewards ...
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... opportunities during the past century . We therefore find in the work force the development of attitudes at odds with the traditional orientation toward scarcity — atti- tudes that can be described as oriented toward opportunity . There ...
... opportunities during the past century . We therefore find in the work force the development of attitudes at odds with the traditional orientation toward scarcity — atti- tudes that can be described as oriented toward opportunity . There ...
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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