Industrial Discipline, the Control of Attendance, and the Subordination of Labour: Towards an Integrated Analysis.

Edwards, P.K. and Whitston, Colin (1989) Industrial Discipline, the Control of Attendance, and the Subordination of Labour: Towards an Integrated Analysis. Work, Employment & Society, 3 (1). pp. 1-28. ISSN 0950-0170

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Abstract

The operation of discipline in the workplace has received little attention in sociology; the control of attendance has attracted even less. Yet they have taken on a growing significance in many firms, and help to throw light on more general issues of new forms of the control of labour. Material from two case studies is used to show why firms are changing their policies and to explore the effect on workplace relations. Disciplinary regimes have been tightened and, although the direct impact on workers has been limited, the symbolic effects of closer managerial attention to individual workers' behaviour are considerable.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Industrial Relations H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Issues of Labour and Work > Industrial Sociology
Divisions:	School of Business > Staff Research and Publications
Depositing User:	Timothy Lawless
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2014 17:02
Last Modified:	30 Apr 2018 07:53
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/1038

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