AN EMPIRICAL TEST OF ROBERT BLAUNER'S IDEAS ON ALIENATION IN WORK AS APPLIED TO DIFFERENT TYPE JOBS IN A WHITE-COLLAR SETTING.
Robert Blauner's ideas on alienating job conditions and feelings of self-estrangement are applied in a study of three types of workers in a white-collar setting. Results indicate that there are substantial differences in the extent to which machine operators, clerical personnel, and computer program...
| Publicado en: | Sociology & Social Research Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 180 - 195 |
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University of Southern California
Apr1972
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