A Gedenkschrift to Randy Hodson: Working with Dignity

by Lisa A. Keister (Editor), Vincent J. Roscigno (Editor), Steven P. Vallas (Editor)

Overview

Randy Hodson was one of contemporary sociology's central figures in the study of work, occupations, and inequality. This volume pays tribute to his important scholarly contributions. Chapters by other important scholars in these fields reflect and build on his research in work conditions, worker resistance, and social stratification.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785607271
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	02/26/2016
Series:	Research in the Sociology of Work , #28
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Edited by Lisa A. Keister, Duke UniversityVincent J. Roscigno, Ohio State University

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Preface: Working With Dignity Lisa A. Keister ix

Introduction: …And Living With Dignity Vincent J. Roscigno xiii

Randy Hodson, Agent of a New Sociology of Work: Remembrance, Reflection, And Celebration Daniel B. Cornfield xvii

Part I Resistance

From Workplace Culture to Collective Resistance: An Ethnography Marek Korczynski 3

Dignity at Work, Working With Dignity: Reflections on Three Decades of Field Research Vicki Smith 31

Work, Overwork, and the Work of Randy Hodson Teresa A. Sullivan 57

The Dynamics of Dignity at Work Paul Thompson Kirsty Newsome 79

Working Class Heroes Or Working Stiffs? Domination and Resistance in Business Organizations Steven P. Vallas 101

Part II Inequality

Student Work and Paying For College: How the Jobs Crisis Affects College Affordability Rachel E. Dwyer 129

The Rich Got Richer: The Effects of the Financial Crisis on Household Well-Being, 2007-2009 Neil Fligstein Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana 155

Observing Organizational Inequality Regimes Donald Tomaskovic-Devey Dustin Avent-Holt 187

Neoliberalism, Managerial Citizenship Behaviors, and Firm Fiscal Performance Martha Crowley 213

About the Authors 233