Work and the Sociological Imagination
The Need for Continuity and Change in the Study of Continuity and Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2321966 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony J Watson (University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 861-877 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0038038509340726 |
| OpenAlex | W1999151736 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 44 |
Alongside many significant changes, there are considerable continuities between the work activities and work institutions of the 21st century and those of earlier periods studied by the sociology of work. These continuities are easily neglected if we get too taken up with what is allegedly 'new' in the world which we study or if we constantly seek new theoretical 'directions' or 'turns'. A successful future sociology of work needs to achieve a balance between attention to change and continuity, both in what it looks at empirically and in the devices it uses in its analyses and theorizing as well as in its communication beyond the academy. The idea of the sociological imagination, which brings together American Pragmatist thinking with the European ideas of Weber and Marx can help considerably in reinvigorating the sociology of work
Balance (ability) · Epistemology · Industrial sociology · Pragmatism · Social science · Sociological imagination · Sociological theory · Sociology · Work (physics) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
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Narratives in society, organizations and individual identities
Generation and discourse in working life stories
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Towards Critical Human Resource Management Education (CHRME)
Work, narrative identity and social affiliation
Comparing Capitalisms
Disaffection rising? Generations and the personal consequences of paid work in contemporary Canada
Finding Religion in Everyday Life
Pragmatism and social theory
Market, Class, and Employment
Place, Space and Time
The social construction of reality
Beyond the Iron Cage? Bureaucracy and Democracy in the Knowledge Economy and Society
From the Social Construction of Reality
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Realism and Social Science
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Varieties of Discourse
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Realism and Sociology
The New Sociological Imagination
The Division of Labour in Society
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Shifting Boundaries and Interconnections
The Sociology of Organizations and the Organization of Sociology
Self-Starters, Can-Doers and Mobile Phoneys
From Max Weber
Sociological Futures and the Sociology of Work
Work, Employment and Society
Transgressive Desires
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Sociology of Work at the Crossroad
On the Sociological Imagination
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |