Work and Industry: Structures, Markets, and Processes

by Arne L. Kalleberg and Ivar Berg

Book Overview

Work occupies a pivotal role in the daily activities and over the course of a lifetime of members of modern societies. In anticipation, work influ- ences education and training; it has much to do with shaping current earned income and status in the community; and in retrospect, it influ- ences retirement income and activities. It is a powerful force affecting personal associations. In our society work is deeply encased in moral and religious values:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306423448
• ISBN13: 9780306423444
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.1"