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The social culture of work: work, employment and unemployment as ways of life
Author(s) -
Kumar Krishan
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1979.tb01245.x
Subject(s) - amusement , unemployment , pleasure , work (physics) , labour economics , sociology , economics , social psychology , psychology , economic growth , mechanical engineering , neuroscience , engineering
All labour is directed towards producing some effect. For though some exertions are taken merely for their own sake, as when a game is played for amusement, they are not counted as labour. We may define labour as any exertion of mind or body undergone partly or wholly with a view to some good other than the pleasure derived directly from the work.