Career as a Project of the Self and Labour Process Discipline
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This paper draws together recent insights in labour process analysis, which highlight the role of Panoptic techniques of disciplinary power, and work which suggests that the project of self-management has become a defining feature of contemporary subjectivity. In particular, it is argued that the discipline operationalised within the discursive and non-discursive practices of `career' should be treated as an aspect of this contemporary project of self-management. The pursuit of career is seen to have the potential to transform techniques of disciplinary power into adjuncts of these projects of the self. These themes are explored through the presentation of case study material on the accounting labour process.
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Workplaces intentionally regulate individuals' participation; it is not ad hoc, unstructured or informal.
“Workplaces intentionally regulate individuals' participation; it is not ad hoc, unstructured or informal.”
From Workplace participatory practices: Conceptualising workplaces as learning environments (2004) · cites this paper as Grey 1994
Those who control the processes and division of labour, including interests and affiliations within the workplace, regulate participation to maintain the continuity of the workplace through regulatory practices.
“Those who control the processes and division of labour, including interests and affiliations within the workplace regulate participation to maintain the continuity of the workplace through regulatory practices (Grey 1994).”
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- Authors
- Grey, C.
- Corresponding author
- Grey, Christopher
- ORCID
- Grey, Christopher
- Venue
- Sociology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1994-05
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 479-497
- ISSN
- 0038-0385 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8684
- OpenAlex
- W2055367110
- Cited by
- 583
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 32.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sociology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Foucault, Power, and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies
- Keywords
- career, self-management, disciplinary power, subjectivity, work discipline
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