... professionalism resistance social work labour process theory The study looks at changes in social work in Switzerland and England following the introduction of market-based policies, and how social workers have responded to these developments. The research used individual and group interviews. There are many...

..., the analysis is likely highly applicable to other managerialised contexts including the UK. The article contributes to the intersection of Labour Process Theory and moral economy theory by highlighting the operation of a unique form of engagement referred to here as resistance-as-engagement. Overall, mental...

... neglect and control of service users, coercion of workers and resistance strategies. Significant similarities were apparent across these similar and yet different care workers, suggesting a strong convergence of working conditions and the policies shaping them. The article used Labour Process Theory...

... their overseas subsidiaries. It develops a distinctive contribution to these debates, which draws on labour process theory and institutionalist analyses to address the ways in which enterprise managers respond to the cross-cutting constraints of system, societal, and dominance effects. Finally, it situates...

... Wills J Labour Party UK university system CMS critique critical labour studies critical management studies labour process theory post-structuralism critical realism resistance critical HRM Critical writing on the employment relationship is almost coeval with the academic discipline of IR. Its...

... Foucault biopolitics anthropology surveillance capitalism exploitation organization and management studies labour-process theory A third major reference point for objections to the centrality of work is the body of writings of Michel Foucault. They are an important reference for several...

...Theoretical perspectives are invariably partial, comprising variants and factions. There is a legacy of debate and disputation in critical theory. In the case of labour-process theory (LPT), development has taken the form of a heated debate in recent years between structuralist...

... approaches to management, organization, and work, especially those grounded in such a version of Marxism as labour-process theory, which is discussed in the third section. 162 References Albrow, M. ( 1970 ). Bureaucracy . London: Palgrave Macmillan. Alferoff, C...

... movement sociology of critical practices resistance dietrologic critical Management Studies labour Process theory alternative Organizations There’s a word in Italian. Dietrologia. It means the science of what is behind something. A suspicious event. The science of what is behind an event. Don...

... resources. The three waves identified and discussed are: early industrial sociology, which was sponsored by government and aspired to be applied; the new sociology of industrial life, which was much broader in scope and focused on the links between workplaces and social structures; and labour process theory...

... such as labour-process theory, poststructuralism, or critical realism. It has a unique philosophical tradition and distinct paradigmatic characteristics; and, in order to demonstrate how it has been used to study organizations, the article describes these characteristics and shows how they have impacted on CMS...

...This article begins with a commentary on labour-process theory (LPT), particularly Paul Thompson's contribution to the Handbook. This provides historical background to some important divisions within this area of scholarship. A critical appraisal of Fleming and Mandarini's analysis...

...This chapter develops a theoretical framework for analysing the character of transfer and innovation in the international company. This draws on labour process theory and institutionalist approaches to develop an analysis of system, society, and dominance effects as competing pressures...

...This chapter applies the Labour Process Theory to the shifting relations between technology and organization, and begins to put information technology into a historical context. It examines the contention that technological development can best be understood through consideration of the social...