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Quota Restriction and Goldbricking in a Machine Shop

Roy, Donald·1952·American Journal of Sociology
DOI 10.1086/221011
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When the production behavior of industrial workers is examined by participant observation, it is seen that loafing on the job may not be the simple line of inactivity that some students of the subject have thought it. Close scrutiny of the particulars of "soldiering" in one piecework machine shop revealed that group adherence to a "bogey" was but one of several kinds of output restriction in the repertoire of machine operatives and that the work group was restricting production day in and day out.

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  • Lacking autonomy, workers often try to assert control through sabotage, goldbricking and resistance.

    “Lacking autonomy, workers often try to assert control through sabotage, goldbricking and resistance (Gouldner, 1954;Hodson, 1991aHodson, , 1991b;;Roy, 1952).”

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Authors
Roy, D.
Corresponding author
Roy, Donald
Venue
American Journal of Sociology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
1952-03
Volume
57
Issue
5
Pages
427-442
ISSN
  • 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5390
DOI
10.1086/221011
OpenAlex
W1982156277
Cited by
652
References
0
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FWCI
4.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
American Journal of Sociology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Labor Movements and Unions
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies
Keywords
social loafing, soldiering, output restriction, quota system, piecework, machine shop workers, work teams, industrial workers

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