Hard hats : the work world of construction workers / Jeffrey W. Riemer and Roy G. Francis

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Beverly Hills, California : Sage Publications, Incorporation, c1979Description: 203 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 803913028
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 8039.B92 .R54 1979
Contents:
1. Work Structure and Work Culture -- 2. Work Setting and Worker Behavior -- 3. Becoming a Tradesman -- 4. Becoming a Tradeswoman -- 5. "Deviance" as Fun: Drinking, Girl-Watching, Stealing, and Loafing -- 6. Worker Mistakes -- 7. Builders and Buyers -- 8. The Real Building Construction Worker.
Summary: This book is about building construction workers. It provides an inside look into the work world of those who build our buildings. The signs indicating "Hard Hat Area - Danger - Keep Out" will be ripped down to expose those forbidden areas called building construction projects. The mystique of these highly paid, beer drinking workers who whistle at women and extoll patriotism will be explored.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room Gen. Ed. - COE GC HD 8039.B92 .R54 1979 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000005711

Francis, Roy G.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Work Structure and Work Culture -- 2. Work Setting and Worker Behavior -- 3. Becoming a Tradesman -- 4. Becoming a Tradeswoman -- 5. "Deviance" as Fun: Drinking, Girl-Watching, Stealing, and Loafing -- 6. Worker Mistakes -- 7. Builders and Buyers -- 8. The Real Building Construction Worker.

This book is about building construction workers. It provides an inside look into the work world of those who build our buildings. The signs indicating "Hard Hat Area - Danger - Keep Out" will be ripped down to expose those forbidden areas called building construction projects. The mystique of these highly paid, beer drinking workers who whistle at women and extoll patriotism will be explored.

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