| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 274 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: What is anti-work? -- Part I. In which anti-work is given serious consideration. The tenets of anti-work -- Will, bosses, and consciousness -- Cults and working from home -- The asymmetry of at-will employment and loss of autonomy -- The unique submission required for precarious work -- Merit misfires -- Pushing back -- Doubtful horizons -- Part II. In which we reflect on some possible realities and responses. Science and the ox : understanding work and workers -- Representing the worker : what we might do -- Detachment : lessons from the Bhagavad Gita -- Alignment of efforts : Teilhard de Chardin -- Thinking while you work : Simone Weil -- "Right livelihood" -- Note on unions and cooperatives -- Part III. Coda : lessons from parables, koans, and tales. Lessons a-f -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"The first book to delineate anti-work in a systematic fashion by identifying and compiling positions from a wide spread of literature, The Psychology of Anti-Work 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. Anti-work thinkers have vigorously argued that work entails a submission of the human will that is constraining and even ultimately damaging. The author has refined eighteen tenets of anti-work from the literature, which range from the suggestion that all jobs are bad, to the remarkable ability of modern capitalist enterprises to build "job engagement" among workers, to the proposal of alternative work-deemphasized worlds. The Psychology of Anti-Work begins with a discussion of these tenets, in particular the submission of the will required by work, followed by an overview of topics such as worker resistance, merit, and precarious work. The second part of the book unfolds various possible human responses to the work problem, such as detachment, thinking while working, and right livelihood. In the third part, several lessons about anti-work are drawn from parables, koans, and tales. Discussions of cults and work, working from home, unions, and cooperatives, as well as lessons from Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity offer additional perspectives on the topic of work and provide guidance on developing a helpful attitude toward it. By highlighting the tensions that exist between anti-work and pro-work positions, the book provides new ways to view and plan life, and will be thought-provoking and valuable insight for students, instructors, and practitioners in industrial and organizational psychology and related fields, as well as all people who have worked, will work, have never worked, or will never work"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
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. |
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Labor -- Psychological aspects.
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Work -- Psychological aspects.
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Leisure -- Psychological aspects.
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Travail -- Aspect psychologique. |
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Loisir -- Aspect psychologique. |
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Labor -- Psychological aspects |
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Leisure -- Psychological aspects |
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Work -- Psychological aspects |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Alliger, George M. Psychology of anti-work New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367758608 (DLC) 2021020014 |
| ISBN |
9781003164319 electronic book |
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1003164315 electronic book |
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9781000467819 electronic book |
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1000467813 electronic book |
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9781000467840 electronic book |
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1000467848 electronic book |
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hardcover |
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paperback |
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