{"product_id":"meanings-of-work-frederick-c-gamst-9780791424148","title":"Meanings of Work: Considerations for the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the fast-changing patterns of work in the global market and the resulting social, cultural, and economic impact on the work force.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanings of Work examines interconnected cultural, social, and economic dimensions of human work. It provides an innovating interdisciplinary basis for understanding the fast changing patterns of work in a now globally unitary market, increasingly beset with problems such as contingent employment and decline of the middle class. In concentrating on sociocultural considerations of work, the book includes essays from Herbert Applebaum, Marietta L. Baba, Ivar Berg, Judith R. Blau, Amitai Etzioni, Frederick C. Gamst, Walter Goldschmidt, June Nash, and Robert Weiss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors discuss the scope, utility, applications, and limitations of historical and contemporary theories, analyses, and ideas about the integration of societies through work organizations and their occupational and other social statuses. Also included are the issues of discontent and satisfaction generated by work; the cultural meanings and myths of work; the exercise of power in work; the decision-making process as affected by emotions and values; the social expectations of work and nonwork, including the distinguishing of work from leisure; and the reactions to and processes of retirement from work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick C. Gamst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791424146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791424148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Frederick C. Gamst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962514231551,"sku":"9780791424148","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c423069c-869e-4ec7-9902-2073d2f0333c.jpg?v=1750651678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meanings-of-work-frederick-c-gamst-9780791424148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}