Work and Society

Keith Grint is Reader in Organizational Behaviour at the Said Business School, Oxford and a Fellow of Templeton College.

• Acknowledgments xiEditor’s Note xiiiAbbreviations xivEditor’s Introduction 1Figures viiTables viiiPart I Beyond the Conventions of WorkIntroduction 71 Time 14Images of Time in Work and OrganizationJohn Hassard2 Technology 41Technology is Society made DurableBruno Latour3 AgeChild Labour: an Economic PerspectiveChristiaan Grootaert and Ravi KanburPart II Outside the Factory GateIntroduction 734 The Customer 76The Cult(ure) of the CustomerPaul du Gay and Graeme Salaman5 Domestic Work 94The Superwoman Syndrome: Gender Differences in Attitudes towards Equal Opportunities at Work and towards Domestic Responsibilities at HomeSue NewellPart II Constraints and Consensus at WorkIntroduction 1116 Culture 117The Invention of Corporate Culture: A history of the Histories of CadburyMichael Rowlinson and John Hassard7 Discipline 142Disciplinary Power in the modern CorporationStanley Deetz8 Resistance 163Strategies of Resistance: Power, Knowledge and Subjectivity in the WorkplaceDavid CollinsonPart IV After ClassIntroduction 1999 Race and Ethnicity 204EmploymentTariq Modood10 Gender 254It’s Hard to be Soft: Is Management Style Gendered?Judy WajcmanPart V The Future of WorkIntroduction 27711 Globalization 280Variety of Pattern of the Post-Fordist Economy: Why are the ‘Old Times’ still with us and the ‘New Times’ yet to come?Fiorenza Belussi and Francesco Garibaldo12 Change 280Design and Devotion: Surges of Rational and Normative Ideologies of Control in Managerial Discourse Stephen R. Barley and Gideon KundaEditor’s Bibliography 343Index 345

'The wide-ranging scope of this book provides something fresh for the most jaded specialist and encourages newcomers to the field to discard their comforting prejudices.' Ray Pahl, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Essex'Any teacher who wants students to have a stimulating, original and thought provoking introduction to the sociology of work should ensure that this collection is in their hands.' -- Colin Crouch, Professor of Sociology, European University Institute, Florence 'Work is sure to remain central to our lives yet the future of work has been subject to so much spin that it seems to have got out of control. Keith Grint recognizes the dangers and steers a judicious course between apocalyptic visions and plodding his selection for the Reader. The wide-ranging scope of this book provides something fresh for the most jaded specialist and encourages newcomers to the field to discard their comforting prejudice.' -- Ray Pahl, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Essex