Labour Power and Labour Process
Contesting the Marginality of the Sociology of Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2321968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Thompson (0000-0003-2476-2803, University of Strathclyde, corresponding author), Chris Smith (0000-0002-1348-189X, Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 913-930 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038509340728 |
| OpenAlex | W1993891135 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 104 |
| References cited | 63 |
This article opens by suggesting that the decline in the sociology of work in the UK has been overstated; research continues, but in locations such as business schools. The continued vitality of the field corresponds with material changes in an increasingly globalized capitalism, with more workers in the world, higher employment participation rates of women, transnational shifts in manufacturing, global expansion of services and temporal and spatial stretching of work with advanced information communication technologies. The article demonstrates that Labour Process Theory (LPT) has been a crucial resource in the sociology of work, especially in the UK; core propositions of LPT provide it with resources for resilience (to counter claims of rival perspectives) and innovation (to expand the scope and explanator y power of the sociology of work). The ar ticle argues that the concept of the labour power has been critical to underpinning the sustained influence of labour process analysis
Capitalism · Economic sociology · Economics · Field (mathematics) · Industrial sociology · Operations management · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Process (computing) · Process theory · Scope (computer science) · Social science · Sociology · Underpinning · Vitality · Work (physics) · Work in process · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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| Unique citing works | 104 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 98 |