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The workplace as a community: the case of British hotels
Author(s) -
Shamir Boas
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1981.tb00387.x
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , context (archaeology) , subculture (biology) , public relations , sociology , political science , politics , geography , law , botany , archaeology , biology
In this article the author describes workplace communities in British hotels and discusses the relationships between the workplace community and employees' subculture, family life and leisure patterns. He also discusses the role of the workplace community as an alternative to bureaucratic organisation and the consequences for people of working in a leisure context.