Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work centered world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some are overworked, whilst others are condemned...

In dieser Teilsoziologie ist schon lange kein Lehrbuch mehr erschienen. Dieses hier bietet einen breiten Überblick über Ansätze, Geschichte, "Klassiker" in diesem Gebiet und hat auch die neuesten Arbeitsformen (z.B. Coworking-Spaces) mit berücksichtigt. Reihenspezifisch didaktisch aufgebaut,...

It is now 35 years since the death of Professor Joan Woodward, one of the founding figures of organization studies. Professor Woodward died in 1971 at the age of 54 after a relatively brief but highly distinguished career as a management researcher and teacher, and just six years after the...