Socialization, Yes. Skill Upgrading, Probably. Robust Theory of the Capitalist Labour Process, No

Bibliographic Data

ID23212902
AuthorsDavid Knights (0000-0003-0072-0393, Keele University, corresponding author), Hugh Willmott (0000-0002-7945-7796, Cardiff Business School, UK,, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume28
Issue9
Pages1369-1378
Publication date2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOrganization Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0170-8406 • E-ISSN: 1741-3044
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0170840607080746
OpenAlexW2061876544
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

This response welcomes and endorses a concern to recognize and restore labour process theory as central to the critical study of management. It accepts the importance attached by Marx to the socialization of labour and its implications for skill; and identifies other specific points of broad agreement with Adler's `paleo-Marxism'. At the same time, we point to a number of limitations of paleo-Marxism, not least of which is an absence of engagement with neo-Marxism. The capacity to appreciate the significance of forms of inequality and struggle other than class — among which may be included gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, ageism, ecology and anti-globalization — is conspicuously absent from paleo-Marxism. The importance of subjectivity is acknowledged by Adler, yet he concedes nothing to the so-called neo-Marxists who have sought to address its relevance in the development of labour processes.

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