Empty Labor

Idleness and Workplace Resistance

AvRoland Paulsen

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-01-15
Mått:150 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:360 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:234
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107663930

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Roland Paulsen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Business Administration, Lund University. Dr Paulsen has received several awards for his work, notably from the Nordic Sociological Association and the International Labor Process Conference. His first book Arbetssamhället: Hur Arbetet Överlevde Teknologin (The Society of Labor: How Labor Survived Technology) stirred up a national debate in Sweden on the meaning of work.

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'Policymakers bemoan the epidemic of overwork. But as Roland Paulsen … explains in Empty Labor, an example-packed new book, innumerable studies suggest that the average worker devotes between one-and-a-half and three hours a day to loafing … the best way to understand a company's 'human resources' is not to consult the department that bears that ugly name but to study the basic principles of one of the world's most popular, if unrecognised, sciences: skiving.' The Economist

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Power at work; 3. Subjectivity at work; 4. Mapping out empty labor; 5. How to succeed at work without really trying; 6. The time-appropriating subject; 7. The organization of idleness; 8. Resistance incorporated?; 9. Conclusion; Appendix: methodological notes; Bibliography; Index.

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