A J M Sykes
Biographic Data
| ID | 140228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A J M Sykes |
| GIVEN NAMES | A J M |
| FAMILY NAME | Sykes |
| SIGNATURE | SYKES A J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Overtime, False Returns, and Restrictive Practices: The Perception of an Industrial Pay System
This study describes an industrial pay system established in the 1930s, which by 1956-the date of the study-had long been made obsolete by subsequent inflation and pay increases. It was, nevertheless, maintained in operation by the use of certain "patching" devices: unnecessary overtime, false returns, and restrictive practices. These were successful because, as analysis of the labor turnover showed, the men were interested only in the amount the…
Confidential Information Collecting in Survey Work
Myth in Communication
The object of this paper is to show how myth is used to communicate whole, as distinct from partial, perceptions of social situations. Certain definitions of myth are suggested. These are illustrated by two case studies which demonstrate the way in which myth is used as a means of communicating highly complex abstract ideas in an apparently simple concrete form. The paper ends with a brief review of the studies from different disciplines which ha…
Industrial Relations: Contemporary Issues
Building with Men: An analysis of group behaviour and organization in a building firm
Navvies: Their Social Relations
The navvies' like interest in, and value of, individual independence affects their social behaviour at work and their social status and relations with society. It would appear that this like interest inhibits not only the growth of common interest groups but even the development of social groups of any kind. Comparisons with other industries provide additional grounds for concluding that the nature of employment determines the pattern of interest…
Navvies: Their Work Attitudes
In the Civil Engineering industry the attitudes of the navvies have been found to conform to a broad pattern imposed by their like interest in, and value of, individual independence. This interest and value appear to have originated in the circumstances of the industry which enforce on the workers a reaction of individual independence of, and an evasion of relationships with, the employers. The resulting like interest and value become dominant am…
The Anticipation of Cognitive Inconsistency
The Cohesion of a Trade Union Workshop Organization
Four factors jointly responsible for the printing Chapel's cohesion are examined: conflict with the employer, custom, sanctions and the social structure of the group. Cohesion is maintained by practices and principles that are taught by custom and enforced, when necessary, by social sanctions. However, it was found that in practice the strictness with which these principles and practices are kept depends upon feelings of moral obligation. Such fe…
Joking Relationships in an Industrial Setting
Attitudes to Political Affiliation in a Printing Trade Union
Myth and Attitude Change
Economic Interest and the Hawthorne Researches: A Comment
Some Differences in the Attitudes of Clerical and of Manual Workers
An Industrial Rite de Passage
A Study in Changing the Attitudes and Stereotypes of Industrial Workers
The Effect of a Supervisory Training Course in changing Supervisors' Perceptions and Expectations of the Role of Management
A Study of Conflict between Formal Company Policy and the Interests of Informal Groups
Trade-Union Workshop Organization in the Printing Industry-The Chapel
Unity and Restrictive Practices in the British Printing Industry
Joking Relationships in an Industrial Setting
The Cohesion of a Trade Union Workshop Organization
Four factors jointly responsible for the printing Chapel's cohesion are examined: conflict with the employer, custom, sanctions and the social structure of the group. Cohesion is maintained by practices and principles that are taught by custom and enforced, when necessary, by social sanctions. However, it was found that in practice the strictness with which these principles and practices are kept depends upon feelings of moral obligation. Such fe…
Economic Interest and the Hawthorne Researches: A Comment
Trade-Union Workshop Organization in the Printing Industry-The Chapel
Unity and Restrictive Practices in the British Printing Industry
Myth and Attitude Change
Navvies: Their Work Attitudes
In the Civil Engineering industry the attitudes of the navvies have been found to conform to a broad pattern imposed by their like interest in, and value of, individual independence. This interest and value appear to have originated in the circumstances of the industry which enforce on the workers a reaction of individual independence of, and an evasion of relationships with, the employers. The resulting like interest and value become dominant am…
A Study in Changing the Attitudes and Stereotypes of Industrial Workers
Navvies: Their Social Relations
The navvies' like interest in, and value of, individual independence affects their social behaviour at work and their social status and relations with society. It would appear that this like interest inhibits not only the growth of common interest groups but even the development of social groups of any kind. Comparisons with other industries provide additional grounds for concluding that the nature of employment determines the pattern of interest…
Some Differences in the Attitudes of Clerical and of Manual Workers
An Industrial Rite de Passage
The Effect of a Supervisory Training Course in changing Supervisors' Perceptions and Expectations of the Role of Management
The Anticipation of Cognitive Inconsistency
Attitudes to Political Affiliation in a Printing Trade Union
Trade-Union Workshop Organization in the Printing Industry-The Chapel
Unity and Restrictive Practices in the British Printing Industry
The Effect of a Supervisory Training Course in changing Supervisors' Perceptions and Expectations of the Role of Management
A Study of Conflict between Formal Company Policy and the Interests of Informal Groups
A Study in Changing the Attitudes and Stereotypes of Industrial Workers
Attitudes to Political Affiliation in a Printing Trade Union
Myth and Attitude Change
Economic Interest and the Hawthorne Researches: A Comment
Some Differences in the Attitudes of Clerical and of Manual Workers
An Industrial Rite de Passage
Joking Relationships in an Industrial Setting
The Cohesion of a Trade Union Workshop Organization
Four factors jointly responsible for the printing Chapel's cohesion are examined: conflict with the employer, custom, sanctions and the social structure of the group. Cohesion is maintained by practices and principles that are taught by custom and enforced, when necessary, by social sanctions. However, it was found that in practice the strictness with which these principles and practices are kept depends upon feelings of moral obligation. Such fe…
Navvies: Their Social Relations
The navvies' like interest in, and value of, individual independence affects their social behaviour at work and their social status and relations with society. It would appear that this like interest inhibits not only the growth of common interest groups but even the development of social groups of any kind. Comparisons with other industries provide additional grounds for concluding that the nature of employment determines the pattern of interest…
Navvies: Their Work Attitudes
In the Civil Engineering industry the attitudes of the navvies have been found to conform to a broad pattern imposed by their like interest in, and value of, individual independence. This interest and value appear to have originated in the circumstances of the industry which enforce on the workers a reaction of individual independence of, and an evasion of relationships with, the employers. The resulting like interest and value become dominant am…
The Anticipation of Cognitive Inconsistency
Myth in Communication
The object of this paper is to show how myth is used to communicate whole, as distinct from partial, perceptions of social situations. Certain definitions of myth are suggested. These are illustrated by two case studies which demonstrate the way in which myth is used as a means of communicating highly complex abstract ideas in an apparently simple concrete form. The paper ends with a brief review of the studies from different disciplines which ha…
Industrial Relations: Contemporary Issues
Building with Men: An analysis of group behaviour and organization in a building firm
Confidential Information Collecting in Survey Work
Overtime, False Returns, and Restrictive Practices: The Perception of an Industrial Pay System
This study describes an industrial pay system established in the 1930s, which by 1956-the date of the study-had long been made obsolete by subsequent inflation and pay increases. It was, nevertheless, maintained in operation by the use of certain "patching" devices: unnecessary overtime, false returns, and restrictive practices. These were successful because, as analysis of the labor turnover showed, the men were interested only in the amount the…
Sociology (14 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)