An introduction to the sociology of work and occupations

Work before industrialization

The oldest and longest-lasting mode of life and work

Gathering and hunting societies in the modern world

The working lives of gather-hunters

The agricultural revolution

Farm labor and cultural change

Artisan work

Time and work

Protestantism and the rise of capitalism

Industrialization and its consequences

The industrial revolution

Capitalism and market economies

Wages and working conditions in the industrial revolution

Women in the industrial revolution

Industrialization and social protest

Making management "scientific"

The assembly line

A post-industrial revolution?

Technology, globalization, and work

Technology, work, and occupations

Work and contemporary technologies

Telework

Technology and globalization

Globalization, trade, and employment

Immigration

The organization of work in preindustrial times

Traditional societies and the organization of work

The family as a basis of work organization

Slavery

Caste and occupation

The guilds

Apprenticeship

An assessment of guild organization

Bureaucratic organization

The rise of bureaucratic organization

The elements of bureaucratic organization

Where bureaucracy works and where it doesn't

Bureaucratic organization, work, and the worker

Alternatives to bureaucracy

Professions and professionalization

The checklist approach to the professions

The professional continuum

Attaining professional status

Professionalization as a means of control

Professionals in organizations

Today's challenges to the professions

Resource control and professional

Autonomy: the case of medicine

Diversity and professional status

Getting a job

The economics of the job market

Minimum wage laws

Jobs, human capital, and credentials

Networks and their significance

Diversity in the workplace

Race, ethnicity, and hiring practices

Women in the workforce

Discrimination, occupational segregation, and pay

Getting ahead.

Who gets what?

The determination of wages and salaries: market economics once again

The widening income gap

Why has income inequality increased?

Unionization and its decline

Computers and income inequality

Globalization, employment, and income

Immigration and income

Occupational prestige

Life on the job: work and its rewards

Employment and unemployment

The personal consequences of unemployment

Varieties of employment

Work without pay

Job training and employment opportunities

Work and social interaction

Social relationships and job performance

The intrinsic satisfactions of work

Life on the job ii: the perils and pressures of work

Work may be hazardous to your health

Stress at work

Jobs, secure and insecure

Temporary workers

Alienated labor

Managerial efforts to reduce on-the-job alienation

Job satisfaction and dissatisfaction today

Workplace culture and socialization

The significance of workplace cultures

Socialization into a culture

Socialization as an ongoing processes

Socialization and identity

Occupational and organizational heroes

Rites of passage

Organizations and subcultures

Supportive workplace subcultures

Deviant subcultures

Socialization, careers, and strain

Work roles and life roles

The separation of work and residence

Hours of work

Women at work

Couples, families, and careers

Reconciling work and roles and life roles

Conclusion: work today and tomorrow

Technology, work, and occupations

Making globalization and technological change more equitable

Work and demographic change

Women, work, and families

Closing the income gap

The health care morass

The fate of the professions

Organizations for the 21st century

Jobs for the future

Index.