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The humanized workplace : a psychological, historical, and practical perspective
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- Summary
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Comprises short essays on the nature of the work relationship as it has evolved from the early 1900s to the beginning of the 1990s.
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- Creator
- Jerome Braun
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1995
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 027594915X, 9780275949150
- OCLC
- ocm30895161
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175) and index.
- Also issued online.
- 1. Industrial Justice and Social Change. American Unionism through Foreign Eyes. The Difference between Arbitrators and Judges. The Myth of Management. The State of the American Worker. Styles of Participative Management: A Comparison of Japan and Western Europe -- 2. The Practice of Industrial-Justice. Practical Advice on Industrial Justice. The Use and Misuse of Computers in Personnel Decisions. Science and the Problems of Systems Analysis -- 3. The Application: The Humanized Workplace. Industrial Justice. Formal Social Systems Drive Out Informal Ones. A Fresh Start. Consultation. What Standards? The Problems of Meritocracy. What is a Good Manager? Conclusion -- 4. The Psychological Context. The Psychology of Loyalty and of Work. The Moral Basis of Authoritarianism. Alienation and Addiction. Competition. Pressuring Institutions and Flat Personalities
- 5. The Historical Context. Minimum Wage as a Cultural Construct. Status and Contract in the Employment Relationship. Industrial Justice and Social Change -- 6. The Present. The Right to Be Average. Contours of Conformity. "Workers' Participation in the Federal Republic of Germany in an International Perspective" / J. Schregle
Subjects
- Quality of work life.
- Industrial sociology.
- Work environment.
- Workplace
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