IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/ecoind/v19y1998i1p33-58.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Images of Good Work and the Politics of Teamwork

Author

Listed:
  • Richard Badham

    (University of Wollongong, Australia)

  • Ulrich Jurgens

    (Science Centre, Berin)

Abstract

Contemporary empirical studies of teamwork take much of their inspiration from long-standing conflicting images of 'good' work in modem societies. In particular, the 'machine', 'anomie' and 'alienation' images have had a strong influence on theoretical development and empirical research. Rather than criticizing the dominance of this imagery, this article argues for a more selfconscious and comprehensive exploitation of its richness and diversity. Contemporary studies of teamwork are more often than not held back by a reduction of fundamental theoretical issues and tensions to matters of simple empirical tests and a 'forced' choice between perspectives and a general decline in attention to the 'alienation' image. The argument herein is made through a reanalysis of the classic and exemplary debate between Adler and Cole and Berggren over teamwork in NUMMI and Uddevalla.

Suggested Citation

  • Richard Badham & Ulrich Jurgens, 1998. "Images of Good Work and the Politics of Teamwork," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 19(1), pages 33-58, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:19:y:1998:i:1:p:33-58
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X98191003
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0143831X98191003
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0143831X98191003?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:19:y:1998:i:1:p:33-58. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.ekhist.uu.se/english.htm .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.