George M. Alliger

Anti-Work (eBook, ePUB)

Psychological Investigations into Its Truths, Problems, and Solutions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first to delineate anti-work in a systematic fashion by identifying and compiling positions from a wide spread of literature, this book defines the tenets of anti-work, reviews them from a psychological and historical point of view, and offers solutions to aid the average person in his or her struggle with work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000467840
• Artikelnr.: 62709313

Autorenporträt

George M. Alliger has had over 60 articles published in journals such as Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Psychological Science, and Times Higher Education. He is an editor of The Handbook of Work Analysis. A fellow of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Alliger is now a Consulting Psychologist in the Houston area.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. In Which Anti-work is Given Serious Consideration 1. The Tenets of
Anti-work. 2. Will, Bosses, and Consciousness. 3. Cults and Working from
Home. 4. The Asymmetry of At Will Employment and the Loss of Autonomy. 5.
The Unique Submission Required for Precarious Work. 6. Merit Misfires. 7.
Pushing Back. 8. The Doubtful Horizon. Part II. In Which We Reflect on Some
Possible Realities and Responses 9. Science and the Ox: Understanding Work
and Workers. 10. Representing the Worker: What We Might Do. 11. Detachment:
Lessons from the Bhagavad-Gita. 12. Alignment of Efforts: Teilhard de
Chardin. 13. Thinking While You Work: Simone Weil. 14. Right Livelihood.
15. Note on Unions and Cooperatives. Part III. Coda: Lessons from Parables,
Koans and Tales. Conclusion