| On Being At Work: The Social Construction of the Employee Contributor(s): Harding, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415579716 ISBN-13: 9780415579711 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Workplace Culture - Business & Economics | Labor - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.361 |
| LCCN: 2012038919 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.01 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Inspired by the work of the philosopher Judith Butler, influenced by Marx's theory of alienation and intrigued by theories of death, this book develops an anti-methodological approach to studying working lives. Distinctions are drawn between labour (the tasks we do in our jobs) and work (self-making activities that are carried out at the workplace): between the less than human, zombie-like laborer and the working human self. Nancy Harding argues that the experience of being at work is one in which the insistence on practising one's humanity always provides a counter-point to organisational demands. |