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Work Identity at the End of the Line?
Prof. Tim Strangleman
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Description for Work Identity at the End of the Line?
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJU; THRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Work Identity at the End of the Line? tells the story of workplace culture and identity in the railway industry before during and after privatization in the mid-1990s. It combines rich interview material from workers and managers involved in the privatisation process with a fascinating background detail of nationalization. The book will be of interest to sociologists, cultural and economic historians as well as those studying culture change in business. Work Identity at the End of the Line? has been shortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2005. It is one of only four titles to be ... Read more
Work Identity at the End of the Line? tells the story of workplace culture and identity in the railway industry before during and after privatization in the mid-1990s. It combines rich interview material from workers and managers involved in the privatisation process with a fascinating background detail of nationalization. The book will be of interest to sociologists, cultural and economic historians as well as those studying culture change in business. Work Identity at the End of the Line? has been shortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2005. It is one of only four titles to be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349520190
SKU
V9781349520190
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Ref
99-15
About Prof. Tim Strangleman
TIM STRANGLEMAN is a Senior Research Fellow at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University. He was previously a lecturer in Sociology at the School of Sociology University of Nottingham and has held research posts at the Manchester and Durham Universities. He has published widely on the sociology of work and employment, including studies in the railway, engineering, coal ... Read more
Reviews for Work Identity at the End of the Line?
Shortlisted for the British Sociology Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2005 'This is an outstanding analysis of changing work cultures in the railway industry. In developing his arguments, Strangleman draws on the best traditions within the sociology of work and occupations, but also utilises a remarkable range of contemporary cultural and organisational theory, and above all puts ... Read more