Sociology Work and Industry 4th Edition by Dr Tony Watson ISBN 9780415321662, 0415321662

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ISBN 10: 0415321662

ISBN 13: 9780415321662

Author:  Dr Tony Watson

Sociology, Work and Industry (4th Edition, 2003) by Tony J. Watson is a foundational sociology textbook that explores the nature of work and organizational life in contemporary society. It introduces students to key sociological theories and methods used to analyze changing work patterns, the structure of organizations, and the lived experiences of workers. Topics include industrial transformation, globalization, work identities, inequality, resistance and control in the workplace. An all-new opening chapter emphasizes the distinctiveness of a sociological perspective on work and offers guidance for researching work institutions and practices 

Table of contents: 

1. Theoretical Approaches to Work and Employment
Work, Employment and Organisation
Concepts of Work
Concepts of Employment
Concepts of Organisation
The Social Organisation of Work
Theories of the Labour Process
Labour Markets and Internal Labour Markets
Market-Based Theories of Employment and Organisation
Economic Theories of the Firm
Transaction Cost Economics
Principal-Agent Theory
Evolutionary Approaches
Institutional Theory
Organisation Theory
Psychological Approaches
Managerial and Strategic Choice Approaches
Sociological and Political Economy Approaches

2. The Regulation of Work and Employment
The Employment Relationship
Labour Law and the Contract of Employment
The Psychological Contract
The Labour Market
Product Markets and the External Economic Environment
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Value
Financialisation
Political Institutions, the State and Public Policy
Education, Skills and Training
The European Union
Globalisation
Technology
Gender, Ethnicity and the Regulation of Employment
Demography, Migration and Households
Changing Societal Values

3. Work, Organisation and Control
Control and Coordination in Organisations
Organisation as a Coordinating Mechanism
Forms of Organisation
Bureaucratic and Hierarchical Forms
Flexible and Networked Forms
Market Coordination
Authority and Legitimation
Informal Organisation
Systems Theory and Contingency Theory
Organisational Ecology
Organisational Culture
Postmodernist Approaches
Control and Surveillance
Labour Process Theory and Control
Discipline and the Labour Process
Surveillance, Panopticism and Electronic Monitoring
Technical and Bureaucratic Control
Human Resource Management and Normative Control
Resistance and Consent

4. Human Resource Management, Employee Involvement and Participation
The Idea of Human Resource Management
Strategic Human Resource Management
High Performance Work Systems
High Commitment Management
Employee Involvement and Participation
Voice and Representation
Direct Participation
Upward Problem Solving
Representative Participation
Teamworking
Partnership
Organisational Citizenship Behaviour
Commitment and Engagement

5. Unofficial Practices and Bureaucratic Dysfunctions
Ambiguity and Decision Processes
The Changing Organisation and Management of Work
Work Restructuring and the Logic of Corporate Management
The Logic of Corporate Management
Choice and Circumstance in the Shaping of Employment Practices
Variations in Employment Relations Style
Labour Processes and Employment Practice Options
HRM and the Choice Between ‘High Commitment’ and ‘Low Commitment’ Human Resourcing Strategies
The Pursuit of Flexibility and Direct and Indirect Managerial Control Options
Combining Two Types of Flexibility: The Flexible Firm
The Pursuit of Flexibility and New Work Management Practices
Changing Patterns of Job Design and Job Redesign
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Work Design and Organisational Shaping
Culture Management and Worker Subjectivity

6. Occupations and Society
The Occupational Principle of Work Structuring
Occupational Structure
Horizontal Aspects of Occupational Structure
Vertical and Social Class Aspects of Occupational Structure
Labour Market Segmentation, Contingent, Atypical or Non-Standard Work
The Demise of Occupation?
Women and Men in the Division of Labour
Changing Historical Patterns
Contemporary Patterns
Explaining Patterns
Occupational Analysis
The Structural Location of Occupations
Locating an Occupation in the Class Structure
Managerial and Administrative Occupations
Professional, Supervisory and Clerical Occupations
Dirty and Deviant Occupations
Self-Employment, Home and Teleworking
Domestic Work
Work in the Informal Economy
Occupational Recruitment and Socialisation
Occupational Careers
Occupational Culture and Ideology
Occupational Communities
Professionalisation and Occupational Strategies

7. Work Experiences, Opportunities and Meanings
Work, Meaning and Culture
Alienation and the Corrosion of Character
Work and Satisfaction
Technology and Work Experience
Entering Work
Choice and Opportunity Structures
Class, Family and Educational Influences
Work Orientations: Variations, Dynamics and the Negotiation of Implicit Contracts
Dynamic Work Orientations and Changing Worker Priorities
Dynamic Work Orientations and the Negotiation of Implicit Contracts
Patterns of Work Orientation and Experience Within the Organisational Hierarchy
Women’s Preferences, Choices and Work Orientations
Career, Identity and Experience at Work
Discourse and Identity
Portfolio and ‘Boundaryless’ Careers or ‘One Dead End Job After Another’
Managerial Orientations and Experiences
Anxiety, Emotion and Sexuality at Work
Angst in the Human Condition Generally and in One Type of Work Specifically
The Rise of the Stress Discourse
Emotions and Feelings
Emotional Labour
Sexuality and the Workplace
Work and Non-Working Lives
Work, Leisure and Work-Life Balance
Unemployment
Conflict, Challenge and Resistance in Work
Conflict and Co-Operation at Work
Analysing Conflict at Work
Frames of Reference
Unitary Thinking
Pluralist Analyses
Radical Perspectives
Contradictions and Conflicts
Effort Bargains, Fragile Implicit Contracts and the Inevitability of Grievances

8. The Mobilisation of Interests
Coalitions and Interests
Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining
Changing Patterns of Employer-Union Relations
Shop Stewards and Workplace Representation
Job Control Strategies and ‘Making Out’
Adjustment, Resistance and Organisational Mischief
Accommodation, Subjectivity and Values
Withdrawal, Instrumentalism and the Management of Boredom
Humour at Work
Bullying and Sexual Harassment
Cheating, Fiddling and Breaking Things
Rule Manipulation
Service Work and Defence of Self

Concept Guide and Glossary
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

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