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Some comments on the quality of working life *
Author(s) -
SPINK PETER
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1975.tb00313.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , process (computing) , quality (philosophy) , order (exchange) , psychology , sociology , epistemology , computer science , business , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , finance , operating system
Starting from a view of the present, in which there is growing awareness of the socio‐technical nature of work systems, the paper stresses the need to explore other levels of system in order to add to existing pictures of the world of work. Three aspects are considered: the interdependence between work and non‐work, the entering and leaving process with its attendant transitional systems, and the wider societal and global reassessments of values and relationships. It is suggested that awareness of these and other aspects will lead to different concepts of work.