The Formal and Informal Social Structure of a South African Gold Mine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9889779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Dunbar Moodie (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 555-574 |
| Publication date | 1980-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001872678003300803 |
| OpenAlex | W2168330772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 6 |
The primary purpose of this article is to examine the structures of domination in a South African gold mine from the perspective of black migrant miners. The formal management organizational blueprint for mine and compound is compared with the actual social structure of the mine. The article concludes that the black miner's experience of domination in the South African gold mines is a complex combination of management-ordained authority and personal power on the part of a series of overlapping, sometimes conflicting, sometimes complementary, black fiefdoms; namely those of the Team Leader [boss boy], Personnel Assistant, Induna, and the clerks
Blueprint · Boss · Gold mining · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Power structure · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Mining Techniques and Economics
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Migrancy and male sexuality on the South African gold mines
Mining
Depopulating the compounds
Work alienation and adaptation in sub‐Saharan Africa
The Company Oracle
Scripting the Compound
Une difficile prise en compte des changements sociaux en milieu minier nordique
O "pessimismo sentimental" e a experiência etnográfica
Social existence and the practice of personal integrity
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2017 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |