Work Better, Live Better
"Work Better, Live Better provides invaluable insight into how corporate management attempted to refashion the American work ethic in the twentieth century. An ambitious, intelligent, and thoughtful account of work and its ideological management that is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of capitalism."—Tim Strangleman, author of Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery
"By focusing on the idea of ‘motivation’ and the level of effort, energy, and engagement that managers have historically put into attempting to shape the inner psychic lives and experiences of workers, Gray renders strange and unusual some of the most familiar tropes of economic culture."—Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s Crusade against the New Deal
In the United States, a strong work ethic has long been upheld as a necessity, and tributes to motivation abound -- from the motivational posters that line the walls of the workplace to the self-help gurus who draw in millions of viewers online. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781625345332
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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"Work Better, Live Better provides invaluable insight into how corporate management attempted to refashion the American work ethic in the twentieth century. An ambitious, intelligent, and thoughtful account of work and its ideological management that is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of capitalism."—Tim Strangleman, author of Voices of Guinness: An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery
"By focusing on the idea of ‘motivation’ and the level of effort, energy, and engagement that managers have historically put into attempting to shape the inner psychic lives and experiences of workers, Gray renders strange and unusual some of the most familiar tropes of economic culture."—Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s Crusade against the New Deal