Work and the Enterprise Culture

Work and Enterprise Culture focuses on what is understood by the term the 'enterprise culture' and considers what impact, if any, this concept has on traditional work practices.

Malcolm Cross, Geoff Payne

1. Introduction: Work and the Enterprise Culture 2. Not Such a Small Business: Reflections on the Rhetoric, the Reality and the Future of the Enterprise Culture 3. Paternalist Capitalism: An Organization Culture in Transition 4. From Coalminers to Entrepreneurs? A Case Study in the Sociology of Re-Industrialisation 5. Social Polarization in the Inner City: An Analysis of the Impact of Labour Market and Household Change 6. Young People's Transitions into the Labour Market 7. Part-time Employment, Dual Careers and Equal Opportunities 8. Gender and Graduate Under-Employment 9. Gender and Patriarchy in Mining Communities 10. Economic Change and Employment Practice: Consequences for Ethnic Minorities 11. Gatekeepers in the Urban Labour Market: Constraining or Constrained? References Notes on Contributors Index