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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...

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Published in:Sociology & Social Research Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 180 - 195
Main Authors: Kirsch, Barbara A., Lengermann, Joseph J.
Format: Article
Published: University of Southern California Apr1972
Subjects:
Social alienation
White collar workers
Work environment
Social psychology
Sociology
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