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"This paper attempts to examine the development of sociology of work in India. It will lay greater stress on current research and will try to assess the discipline's position in academia and other fields. A brief background on the nature of Indian society, the process of industrialization in India and the subsequent emergence of studies relating to work will help in understanding the changing nature of the studies. This paper will concentrate mainly on researches related to the urban-industrial sector." (excerpt)

Research in the Sociology of Work (RSW) is a twice yearly publication that examines current issues related to the sociology of work. The series provides a comprehensive collection of research focused on the social, economic, political and cultural aspects of work and labour. This volume includes contributions which discuss: work and identity, including the experiences of actors and teachers; authority and control at work, including insights from the hospitality and publishing industries; and issues of gender and sexuality in the workplace, including insights on sexual harassment in the workplace.

This review examines key dimensions of contemporary sex work, particularly prostitution. Most research focuses exclusively on street prostitution and female workers, with much less attention devoted to indoor prostitution, male and transgender workers, customers, and managers. Furthermore, most of the literature examines prostitution where it is illegal, neglecting contexts where it is legal and regulated by the government. The review demonstrates how research on these topics can enrich our understanding of contemporary sex work.

The Sociology of Work was first published in 1954. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. What are the effects of working conditions, rewards, and habits upon the institution of the family? What are the typical forms of occupational segregation, and what are the effects of such segregation upon the general society? How are the social roles appropriate to each occupation created and sustained? What social processes determine the evolution of occupational groupings and the distribution of population among them?This work, a basic study in occupational sociology, throws light on such questions as these. Professor Caplow describes the occupational system with reference to specialization, occupational status, the formation of professions, mobility, the patterning of individual careers, the occupations of women, and the prospects for continued improvement of working conditions. He draws upon hundreds of empirical studies for his discussions. The book has been warmly received by reviewers and readers. Robert Dublin commented in the American Journal of Sociology: "This volume will long stand as a sourcebook of hypotheses and thesis topics for students of industrial sociology." Writing in the American Sociological Review, George Caspar Homans called it "a wide-ranging and hard-headed study of American jobs, their place and nature." Robert C. Stone said in Social Forces: "The work is a major contribution to the study of social structure."The many specialist workers who are concerned with occupational problemsindustrial and applied psychologists, personnel and guidance workers, wage economists, labor relations experts, and otherswill find this a valuable reference work. It is, of course, pertinent to the interests of general sociologists and anthropologists, and is used as a text in a number of courses in occupational sociology

Die Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie beschäftigt sich mit den Inhalten und Formen der Arbeit als einer der wichtigsten Ausprägungen menschlicher Betätigung sowie mit ihren gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen, die nicht nur sozialer, sondern auch ökonomischer, technischer und politischer Art sind. Sie steht in einer wissenschaftlichen Tradition, die mit den frühen Klassikern der Analyse gesellschaftlicher Arbeit, vor allem Karl Marx und Max Weber, begann und im 20. Jahrhundert ständig an Bedeutung gewonnen hat. Als spezifische Teilsoziologie hat sie sich jedoch, mit wenigen Vorläufern in den 1920er Jahren, erst nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg herausgebildet, und zwar bis vor wenigen Jahren unter der Bezeichnung "Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie". Die Autoren beschreiben in ihrem Beitrag die verschiedenen Fragestellungen und Themen der Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie, welche sich in Zukunft ihrer Meinung nach von der traditionellen Orientierung an den Arbeitertätigkeiten endgültig lösen und sich den zeitgenössischen, überwiegend in anderen (Teil-) Disziplinen geführten Diskussionen über Subjekt und Individuum, Organisationen und Netzwerke, über neue räumliche Strukturen sowie über Wissen und Technologien widmen sollte. Aufgrund des unvermindert zentralen Charakters von Arbeit und Reproduktion in der modernisierten kapitalistischen Gesellschaft besitzt sie eine große Chance, substanzielle Beiträge zur Analyse und zum Verständnis der gegenwärtigen komplexen Entwicklung der Weltgesellschaft zu erbringen. (ICI2)

The seventh edition of Sociology, Work and Organisation is outstandingly effective in explaining how we can use the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, organisations, occupations, management and employment and how they are changing in the twenty-first century. Intellectual and accessible, it is unrivalled in the breadth of its coverage and its authoritative overview of both traditional and emergent themes in the sociological study of work and organisation. The direction and implications of trends in technological change are fully considered and the book recognises the extent to which these trends are intimately related to changing patterns of inequality in modern societies and to the changing experiences of individuals and families. Key features of the text are: clear structure; 'key issue' guides and summaries with each chapter; identification of key concepts throughout the book; unrivalled glossary and concept guide; rich illustrative snapshots or 'mini cases' throughout the book. This text engages with cutting-edge debates and makes conceptual innovations without any sacrifice to clarity or accessibility of style. It will appeal to a wide audience, including undergraduates, postgraduates and academics working or studying in the area of work and the organisation of work, as well as practitioners working in the area of human resources and management generally.

This reference volume reflects the changing world of work. It includes research on the various dimensions of work, such as the structure of the labour force, labour market segmentation, technology, employment/unemployment, trade unions, and industrial democracy. This book provides an integrated view of the various dimensions of work, its distinguishing characteristics and issues both peculiar, as well as common to industrialized countries. By adopting an interdisciplinary and interactional perspective, this volume provides the scholar and the lay reader with a range of approaches and debates t