Size of Industrial Organisation and Worker Behaviour

This book dealt with differences in the structure of large - and small - scale industrial organizations and the consequences of these differences for worker behaviour.

Geoffrey K. Ingham (Author)

9780521096188, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 April 1970

172 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.26 kg

This book, originally published in 1970, dealt with differences in the structure of large - and small - scale industrial organizations and the consequences of these differences for worker behaviour. Special attention is directed to the finding that large, bureaucratically organized industrial plants have higher rates of absenteeism than small ones, but similar rates of labour turnover. The problems are analysed with reference to a critical examination of the theoretical approaches in industrial sociology of the time, as well as the author's own empirical investigations.

Part I. The Problem and Theoretical Considerations: 1. The problem
2. Size and organizational structure
3. Expectations from work and the role of economic factors
4. The independence or orientation to work
5. Summary
Part II. The Findings: 6. Some methodological considerations
7. The structure of potential rewards
8. Expectations, rewards and deprivations from work
9. Involvement and absenteeism
10. Some sources of variation in orientation to work
Part III. Conclusions: Appendices.

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]