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Two Studies of Workshop Organization and Output

Sociology: work and labour Industrial relations, occupational health and safety

Author: T. Lupton

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 1st June 2004

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781134465743


Empirical Study Approach

Lupton’s empirical study used real work groups rather than experimental groups working in post-war factories in Britain to arrive at a more sympathetic and informed appreciation of the reasoning behind the positions adopted by workers in their dealings with management, compared with the more management-oriented view of the American Hawthorne experiments.

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