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Work and the Division of Labor
Abstract
The paper is an attempt to conceptualize the division of labor in terms of work. This perspective leads to a necessary distinction between work and workers, and its implications. Among the main considerations discussed are actor, accountability, division of rights versus division of labor, work patterns and interactional styles, rapidly changing organizations and industries in relation to their divisions of labor, and reciprocal macro and micro impacts. Some research implications are also discussed.
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- Authors
- Strauss, A.
- Venue
- The Sociological Quarterly
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1985-03
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-19
- ISSN
- 0038-0253 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-8525
- OpenAlex
- W2101306138
- Cited by
- 581
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 8.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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