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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Page xiii
... Wage Labor in Historical Perspective 238 Town Laborers in England 239 Is the Experience Repeated ? 240 The Economy of Uganda 241 Mobility and Type of Job 243 Migration and Turnover 244 Labor Stability without Commitment 246 Labor ...
... Wage Labor in Historical Perspective 238 Town Laborers in England 239 Is the Experience Repeated ? 240 The Economy of Uganda 241 Mobility and Type of Job 243 Migration and Turnover 244 Labor Stability without Commitment 246 Labor ...
Page xv
... Wage 348 348 350 351 Structure Factors in the Commitment Process Some Additional Conditions The Diversity of the Past Conclusion 352 354 356 357 358 PART VI POSTSCRIPT by Arnold S. Feldman and Wilbert E. Moore 20 MOOT POINTS IN THE ...
... Wage 348 348 350 351 Structure Factors in the Commitment Process Some Additional Conditions The Diversity of the Past Conclusion 352 354 356 357 358 PART VI POSTSCRIPT by Arnold S. Feldman and Wilbert E. Moore 20 MOOT POINTS IN THE ...
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... wage or income orientation to jobs , which does not exclude other orientations but constitutes a minimum essential for participa- tion ; and job mobility . Of these the most significant is mobility , partly because some initial movement ...
... wage or income orientation to jobs , which does not exclude other orientations but constitutes a minimum essential for participa- tion ; and job mobility . Of these the most significant is mobility , partly because some initial movement ...
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... wages or profit opportunities in situations where few if any " wants " could be satisfied by purchase . Haphazard Westernization . Any contemporary preindustrial or " un- derdeveloped " society is in concrete terms rarely if ever ...
... wages or profit opportunities in situations where few if any " wants " could be satisfied by purchase . Haphazard Westernization . Any contemporary preindustrial or " un- derdeveloped " society is in concrete terms rarely if ever ...
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... wage employments . As employees they are virtu- ally barred from traditional barter arrangements , and virtually forced into the technical role of consumers . Thus the industrial worker , whose commitment is a primary concern here , may ...
... wage employments . As employees they are virtu- ally barred from traditional barter arrangements , and virtually forced into the technical role of consumers . Thus the industrial worker , whose commitment is a primary concern here , may ...
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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