Concept information
Preferred term
sociology of work and employment
Definition
- Work is a generic concept addressing the performance of all human tasks, but such activities may be carried out in a wide variety of social contexts that give them rather different meanings. Clothes may be made by an employee or the self-employed, or by a friend, relation, servant, or slave. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Sociology of Work and Employment]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sociology_of_work_and_employment
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