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Industry and inequality : the achievement principle in work and social status

Title
Industry and inequality : the achievement principle in work and social status / Claus Offe ; translated [from the German] by James Wickham.
Author
Offe, Claus.
Publication
London : Edward Arnold, 1976.

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Description
[5], 158 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
Occupational sociology monograph arguing that social status obtained through wage differentials and occupational status does not necessarily reflect labour productivity and therefore does not justify social stratification in capitalist developed countries - presents social theory framework, and applies the "achievement principle" to recruitment, promotion, labour mobility and income in contemporary work organizations. Bibliography pp. 147 to 153.
Uniform Title
Leistungsprinzip und industrielle Arbeit. English
Alternative Title
Leistungsprinzip und industrielle Arbeit.
Subject
  • Industrial sociology
  • Equality
  • Wages and labor productivity
  • Social classes
  • Sociologie industrielle
  • Salaires et productivité
  • Classes sociales
  • social classes
  • 71.12 social stratification, social mobility
  • Equality
  • Industrial sociology
  • Social classes
  • Wages and labor productivity
  • Industriearbeit
  • Leistungsprinzip
  • occupational sociology
  • social status
  • wage differential
  • occupational status
  • labour productivity
  • social stratification
  • capitalist
  • social theory
  • recruitment
  • promotion
  • labour mobility
  • income
  • sociologie du travail
  • statut social
  • disparité des salaires
  • statut professionnel
  • productivité du travail
  • stratification sociale
  • capitaliste
  • théorie sociale
  • recrutement
  • mobilité de la main-d'oeuvre
  • revenu
  • sociología ocupacional
  • condición social
  • diferencia del salario
  • posición profesional
  • productividad del trabajo
  • estratificación social
  • capitalista
  • teoría social
  • contratación
  • ascenso
  • movilidad de la mano de obra
  • ingreso
  • developed countries
  • pays développés
  • países desarrollados
Genre/Form
  • bibliography.
  • bibliographie.
  • bibliografía.
Note
  • Translation of the author's thesis, Frankfurt am Main, 1967, published under title: Leistungsprinzip und industrielle Arbeit.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [147]-153.
ISBN
  • 0713158921
  • 9780713158922
  • 071315893X
  • 9780713158939
LCCN
77360481
OCLC
  • ocm03002807
  • 3002807
  • SCSB-106867
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library