Moral Gray Zones Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant

Name: Moral Gray Zones Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant
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ISBN: 9780691135243

ISBN-10: 069113524X

ISBN-13: 9780691135243

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michel Anteby

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Anyone who has been employed by an organization knows not every official workplace regulation must be followed. When management consistently overlooks such breaches, spaces emerge in which both workers and supervisors engage in officially prohibited, yet tolerated practices--gray zones. When discovered, these transgressions often provoke disapproval; when company materials are diverted in the process, these breaches are quickly labeled theft. Yet, why do gray zones persist and why are they unlikely to disappear? InMoral Gray Zones, Michel Anteby shows how these spaces function as regulating mechanisms within workplaces, fashioning workers' identity and self-esteem while allowing management…

Book details

List price: $64.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/21/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 7.17" wide x 9.49" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



List of Figures and Table


Preface


Introduction: The Persistence of Organizational Gray Zones



The Motivations and the Setting



Revisiting Social Systems in Organizations



The Side Production of Homers in Factories



The Pierreville Plant: Setting and Status Divides



The Findings



Retirement Homers: An Entry into the Community



Homers Gone Wrong: Delimiting the Gray Zone



Shades of Homer Meanings: Occupational Variations



The Rise and Fall of Craftsmanship



Trading in Identity Incentives



The Implications



Organizational Gray Zones as Identity Distillers



Identities, Control, and Moralities



Data and Methods



Position in the Field


Notes


References


Index