The Nature of Work: Sociological Perspectives

by Kai Theodor Erikson (Editor)

The nature of work in America is changing in important ways. Blue-collar jobs are being eliminated because of increased competition from countries where wages are lower, while a greater economic role is being assumend by professional, technical, and clerical workers involved in developing complex technologies, providing services, and processing information. All this affects the values and expectations of those who work as well as their relationships to one another and to society at large.

378 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990