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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... clerical , managerial , and professional . In the broad sense , indus- trial production involves financial and distributive activities , as well 1 CHAPTER COMMITMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL LABOR FORCE The Concept of Commitment.
... clerical , managerial , and professional . In the broad sense , indus- trial production involves financial and distributive activities , as well 1 CHAPTER COMMITMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL LABOR FORCE The Concept of Commitment.
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... sense , for perhaps the first time in the history of the modern world a universal goal is gradually evolving . Even in cultures traditionally based on a normative system that emphasizes otherworldliness , the desire for change for the ...
... sense , for perhaps the first time in the history of the modern world a universal goal is gradually evolving . Even in cultures traditionally based on a normative system that emphasizes otherworldliness , the desire for change for the ...
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... sense of conflict where none should exist . An alternative interpretation is that conflict between line and staff is a “ natural ” consequence of the interaction between two distinct and sometimes opposing systems of action that ...
... sense of conflict where none should exist . An alternative interpretation is that conflict between line and staff is a “ natural ” consequence of the interaction between two distinct and sometimes opposing systems of action that ...
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... sense , the tools of production.12 The proportions in which they are combined impart a typical pattern of behavior to any process of production . " Fetishism " of Machines The relations between worker and machine in a factory system of ...
... sense , the tools of production.12 The proportions in which they are combined impart a typical pattern of behavior to any process of production . " Fetishism " of Machines The relations between worker and machine in a factory system of ...
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... sense that he is led through the day's work activities . It is important to avoid the hyperbole common to descriptions and analyses of machine pacing . The worker's role is not completely passive ; he does not become a literal automaton ...
... sense that he is led through the day's work activities . It is important to avoid the hyperbole common to descriptions and analyses of machine pacing . The worker's role is not completely passive ; he does not become a literal automaton ...
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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