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Article Excerpt
The Realities of Work: Experiencing Work and Employment in Contemporary Society, 3rd ed., by Mike NOON and Paul BLYTON, New York: Palgrave, 2007, 436 pp., ISBN 1-4039-9493-5.
Putting employees at centre stage, The Realities of Work seeks to convey their perspectives to business and management students. The purpose, according to the authors, is to assist students to make sense of their own and others" experiences at work by providing the key theories, concepts, and empirical research for critical analysis. The overarching theme is the complexity of the work experience: conflict and co-operation, paradox and rationality, frustration and satisfaction. This theme is an important counterpoint to the unitary, positive perspective often conveyed in management texts.
The book begins with a useful toolkit of concepts, theories, and perspectives for the study of work as...
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