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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... becomes a valid unit of observation only if two conditions obtain : if his commitment level is additive with that of other workers so that they can be averaged ; and if such an average of the commitment levels of individual workers is a ...
... becomes a valid unit of observation only if two conditions obtain : if his commitment level is additive with that of other workers so that they can be averaged ; and if such an average of the commitment levels of individual workers is a ...
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... become a spiritual force of great importance in these areas of the world.1 Development as End and Means The type and degree of change needed can be understood in part through examination of the desired goal . Although it may be ...
... become a spiritual force of great importance in these areas of the world.1 Development as End and Means The type and degree of change needed can be understood in part through examination of the desired goal . Although it may be ...
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... become sharper through time . In other words , where the given goal of economic development involves major transformations of the socioeconomic structure , their acceptance is problematical and uncertain . The " means " prove to be new ...
... become sharper through time . In other words , where the given goal of economic development involves major transformations of the socioeconomic structure , their acceptance is problematical and uncertain . The " means " prove to be new ...
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... becomes the most salient locus of commitment . Attributing primary salience to the place of work as a locus of com- mitment is quite unpalatable to us . In the preceding chapter it was argued that the commitment process involves many ...
... becomes the most salient locus of commitment . Attributing primary salience to the place of work as a locus of com- mitment is quite unpalatable to us . In the preceding chapter it was argued that the commitment process involves many ...
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... become apparent to those involved . It is argued that separation makes efficient communication difficult . The social distance separating the newly created positions is said to introduce a sense of conflict where none should exist . An ...
... become apparent to those involved . It is argued that separation makes efficient communication difficult . The social distance separating the newly created positions is said to introduce a sense of conflict where none should exist . An ...
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achievement African agricultural analysis associated Baganda become behavior Bombay Cantel capital cash crops cultural demand differential discipline East Africa economic development economic growth employers function goals groups important income countries 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 land M. N. Srinivas machine managerial ment mobility modern Mossi nationalists newly developing areas Niger Nigeria nomic nonindustrial norms occupational operation opportunities organization participation pattern percent plant political entrepreneurs population position preindustrial prestige problems process of commitment production Puerto Rico recruitment relations relatively rewards role rural sector situation skilled social system status stratification structure tend tion town trade unions traditional transition tribal turnover types Uganda underdeveloped areas unskilled urban values wage labor workers Yatenga