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Empty labor : idleness and workplace resistance / Roland Paulsen

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014

1 Online-Ressource (xv, 217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Englisch

1. Introduction -- The theoretical problem -- -- The empirical problem -- -- The (ir)rational institution -- -- Aims and scope -- -- Disposition. -- -- 2 -- Power at work -- The denial of the subject -- -- The appendage of the machine -- -- The imprint of false consciousness -- -- The subject as object. -- -- 3 -- Subjectivity at work -- Subjectivity as resistance -- -- Barrier reefs of resistance -- -- Workplace resistance : from Romanticism to functionalism. -- -- 4 -- Mapping out empty labor -- Potential output -- -- Work obligations -- -- Slacking -- -- Enduring -- -- Coping -- -- Soldiering. -- -- 5 -- How to succeed at work without really trying -- Pick the right job -- -- Exploit the uncertainties -- -- Manage the risks -- -- Collaborate -- -- Redefine your work. -- -- 6 -- Time-appropriating subject -- Adjustment -- -- Withdrawal -- -- Direct dissent -- -- Framed dissent. -- -- 7 -- Organization of idleness -- -- Cultures of fun -- -- Collective soldiering, management misbehavior, or hidden rewards? -- -- Boreout -- -- Explaining enduring. -- -- 8. Resistance incorporated? -- Profitable incorporation -- -- Mental incorporation -- -- Simulative incorporation. -- -- 9. Conclusion. -- -- Appendix: The interviewees -- Interview study versus ethnography -- Interviewing beyond radical skepticism -- Procedure -- Analysis

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

978-1-107-58890-5 ( : ebook)

978-1-107-06641-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-107-66393-0 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

OCoLC: 907964316     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/CBO9781107588905

HD4905

306.3613     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Labor productivity -- Research ; Organizational behavior ; Slackers ; Labor productivity ; Work ethic

Work ethic ; Labor productivity ; Labor productivity ; Research ; Organizational behavior ; Slackers

While most people work ever-longer hours, international statistics suggest that the average time spent on non-work activities per employee is around two hours a day. How is this possible, and what are the reasons behind employees withdrawing from work? In this thought-provoking book, Roland Paulsen examines organizational misbehavior, specifically the phenomenon of 'empty labor', defined as the time during which employees engage in private activities during the working day. This study explores a variety of explanations, from under-employment to workplace resistance. Building on a rich selection of interview material and extensive empirical research, it uses both qualitative and quantitative data to present a concrete analysis of the different ways empty labor unfolds in the modern workplace. This book offers new perspectives on subjectivity, rationality and work simulation and will be of particular interest to academic researchers and graduate students in organizational sociology, organization studies, and human resource management

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List of figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Power at work -- Subjectivity at work -- Mapping out empty labor -- How to succeed at work without really trying -- The time-appropriating subject -- The organization of idleness -- Resistance incorporated? -- Conclusion -- Appendix: methodological notes -- Bibliography -- Index