{"product_id":"moral-gray-zones-michel-anteby-9780691135243","title":"Moral Gray Zones: Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has been employed by an organization knows not every official workplace regulation must be followed. When management consistently overlooks such breaches, spaces emerge in which both workers and supervisors engage in officially prohibited, yet tolerated practices--gray zones. When discovered, these transgressions often provoke disapproval; when company materials are diverted in the process, these breaches are quickly labeled theft. Yet, why do gray zones persist and why are they unlikely to disappear? In \u003ci\u003eMoral Gray Zones\u003c\/i\u003e, Michel Anteby shows how these spaces function as regulating mechanisms within workplaces, fashioning workers' identity and self-esteem while allowing management to maintain control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book provides a unique window into gray zones through its in-depth look at the manufacture and exchange of illegal goods called homers, tolerated in a French aeronautic plant. Homers such as toys for kids, cutlery for the kitchen, or lamps for homes, are made on company time with company materials for a worker's own purpose and use. Anteby relies on observations at retirees' homes, archival data, interviews, and surveys to understand how plant workers and managers make sense of this tacit practice. He argues that when patrolled, gray zones like the production of homers offer workplaces balanced opportunities for supervision as well as expression. Cautioning against the hasty judgment that gray zone practices are simply wrong, \u003ci\u003eMoral Gray Zones\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to a deeper understanding of the culture, group dynamics, and deviance found in organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Anteby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 069113524X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691135243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2008 pg. 18","brand":"Michel Anteby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153083707647,"sku":"9780691135243","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b621a7e-e4eb-4f5e-a586-e23b9f81f878.jpg?v=1770781172","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moral-gray-zones-michel-anteby-9780691135243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}