Colin Whitston
Biographic Data
| ID | 4368593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colin Whitston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colin |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitston |
| SIGNATURE | WHITSTON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Industrial Relations Research Unit University of Warwick COVENTRY CV4 7AL |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8963-2201 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Attending to Work
This text looks at the reconstruction of order and discipline on the shop floor, with a particular emphasis on the management of attendance
Disciplinary Practice
Does disciplinary practice by employers evolve over time? Not only conventional analyses of discipline but also Foucauldian theories assume that it does. Three features may be tested: the rate of discipline (which should fall); the types of behaviour punished (which should reflect the maintenance of routine); and the dynamics of the process (which should indicate a rationalised approach and the absence of disciplinary purges). Yet there are very …
Industrial Discipline, the Control of Attendance, and the Subordination of Labour
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 be…
Industrial Discipline, the Control of Attendance, and the Subordination of Labour
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 be…
Disciplinary Practice
Does disciplinary practice by employers evolve over time? Not only conventional analyses of discipline but also Foucauldian theories assume that it does. Three features may be tested: the rate of discipline (which should fall); the types of behaviour punished (which should reflect the maintenance of routine); and the dynamics of the process (which should indicate a rationalised approach and the absence of disciplinary purges). Yet there are very …
Industrial Discipline, the Control of Attendance, and the Subordination of Labour
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 be…
Disciplinary Practice
Does disciplinary practice by employers evolve over time? Not only conventional analyses of discipline but also Foucauldian theories assume that it does. Three features may be tested: the rate of discipline (which should fall); the types of behaviour punished (which should reflect the maintenance of routine); and the dynamics of the process (which should indicate a rationalised approach and the absence of disciplinary purges). Yet there are very …
Attending to Work
This text looks at the reconstruction of order and discipline on the shop floor, with a particular emphasis on the management of attendance
Attendance (2 works) · Discipline (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)