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SOC-220
Sociology of the Workplace
Write an essay of 750-1,000 words describing the
sociological implications of the modern economy and
the workplace environment. Compare and contrast
the meaning of careers from the perspective of
structural-functional analysis, symbolic-interaction
analysis, and social conflict analysis. How has change
in technology altered the personal satisfaction of the
employee in the workplace? What are the
sociological ramifications of this?
Utilize the GCU Library to locate 3-6 peer-reviewed
sources in support of your content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines
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NORMS, GROUPS AND POWER: THE SOCIOLOGY OF WORKPLACE
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.
Authors:
Hill, Stephen1
Source:
British Journal of Industrial Relations. Jul74, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p213-235. 23p. 1
Chart.
Document Type:
Article
Abstract:
THIS paper attempts to develop an analysis of workplace industrial relations.[1]
Existing empirical and theoretical discussions tend to present ad hoc explanations
in place of systematic analysis, to be confused conceptually, and to rely on
primitive research techniques. This applies particularly to the so-called informal
system of workplace relations. Some of the common assumptions of the informal
system view are discussed, and the need for a more explicit, rigorous and
systematic treatment of the shop floor is demonstrated, in order that both the
concepts used and the actual situation described might be clarified. The
theoretical and case study material which industrial sociologists have developed
over the past decades provides the basis of such a treatment. The micro-sociology
of the workplace which results is not definitive, because the literature on which it
is based has a focus which differs from that of the academic industrial relations
discipline. The sociological literature is sufficiently relevant, however, to show
the naivety of the way in which academic industrial relations has often treated the
workplace, the over-emphasis on the discontinuity between the formal and
informal aspects of industrial relations, and the poverty of the analytical tools
with which the academic discipline works, these frequently being no more than
sociological assumptions of an everyday nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Using interpretive sociology to explore workplace skill and
knowledge.
Authors:
Fearfull, Anne1 [email protected]
Source:
International Journal of Social Research Methodology. Apr2005, Vol.
8 Issue 2, p137-150. 14p.
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*WORK environment
SOCIOLOGY
SOCIAL sciences
CLERICAL ability & aptitude tests
THEORY of knowledge
NAICS/Industry Codes:
541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and
Humanities
Abstract:
Drawing on original research, this paper considers the value of
interpretive sociology for exploring clerical skill and knowledge and
the role of the clerical function in organizations. It offers a critique of
both the received view on clerical skill and knowledge and the
epistemology generating such a view, and presents an examination of
the notion of ‘common sense’. The paper draws to a close by
demonstrating how an interpretive methodology can generate fresh
insights to clerical work, skill and knowledge and to the clerical
function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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ALL QUIET ON THE WORKPLACE FRONT? A CRITIQUE OF
RECENT TRENDS IN BRITISH INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY.
Authors:
Thompson, Paul1
Ackroyd, Stephen2
Source:
Sociology. Nov95, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p615-633. 19p.
Document Type:
Article
Abstract:
Though perspectives underpinning research may have differed
sharply, industrial sociology at its best has been able to uncover the
variety of workplace resistance and misbehaviour that lies beneath
the surface of the formal and consensual. The paper argues that this
legacy is in danger of being lost as labour is taken out of the process
and replaced by management as the active and successful agency.
While there are a number of practical and theoretical forces shaping
this trend, the paper identifies the growing influence of Foucauldian
perspectives. It goes on to develop a critique of the way in which such
theory and research overstates the extent and effectiveness of new
management practices, while marginalising the potential for
resistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Industrial Sociology and Workplace Relations in Advanced Capitalist
Societies.
Authors:
Frenkel, Stephen J.
Source:
International Journal of Comparative Sociology (Brill Academic
Publishers); Mar-Jun1986, Vol. 27 Issue 1/2, p69-86, 18p
Publication Year:
1986
Geographic Terms:
AUSTRALIA
NAICS/Industry Codes :
813940 Political Organizations
Abstract:
The article discusses industrial sociology and workplace relations in
advanced capitalist societies. It uses three significant comparative
studies of workplace relations as a basis for elaborating key concepts
and developing a framework capable of empirical application.
Workplace relations in Australia are used as an illustration of the way
the framework might be applied. The findings state that workplace
relations are neither determined by technological nor managerial
imperatives. They reflect a complex process of interaction between
class interests represented by such organisations as corporations,
unions, political parties, and state institutions. This means that an
explanation of international variations in workplace relations requires
sensitivity to empirical detail, particularly in relation to the factors
that emerged from the brief critical review of comparative studies
referred to in an earlier section. In terms of contributing to changes in
workplace relations, analysis of the kind outlined in this article holds
out the possibility of identifying and generating awareness of the
strategic factors which may enable the workplace of the future to
become less a reflection of past practice and more a product of social
choice.
Sociology and Workplace Change: A 1990s Perspective
Authors:
Finkelstein, Marvin S.
Source:
Teaching Sociology. Apr., 1990, Vol. 18, Issue 2, p171-178, 8p.
Publisher Information:
American Sociological Association
Publication Year:
1990
Subject Terms:
Education
Sociology
Description:
Sociology is losing ground to other disciplines and programs which
are engaged more actively in the workplace and in the sphere of
employment. Fundamental changes in work and industry present new
possibilities for teaching and learning sociology. This paper discusses
and proposes a more active and more applied role for sociology in
changes in the workplace; this role may help to provide greater
opportunities for students and faculty alike in meeting their
professional-career, educational, and scholarly needs. Such a role also
may help to strengthen sociology as a force in the university and the
community in the coming decade.
RETHINKING THE SOCIOLOGY OF WORK, WORKERS AND
THE WORKPLACE.
Authors:
Kalleberg, Arne L.
Source:
Labour & Industry; Apr2009, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p29-48, 20p
Publication Year:
2009
Abstract:
The sociology of work has long been central to theory and research in
industrial relations. Nevertheless, changes in the nature of work and
employment relations over the past three decades have created a need
to rethink some of the central concepts by which we study work,
workers and the workplace. I briefly discuss some of these major
changes and then summarise some of the challenges they pose for the
sociology of work and industrial relations. These include the need to
rethink how we conceptualise employment relations, organisations,
worker agency, occupations and space. Meeting these challenges also
provides opportunities for sociologists of work to contribute to public
policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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