THEORIES OF ACTION AND THE NOTION OF WORK - DIFFICULTIES AND PROSPECTS

Authors
COTTEREAU A
Citation
A. Cottereau, THEORIES OF ACTION AND THE NOTION OF WORK - DIFFICULTIES AND PROSPECTS, Sociologie du travail, 36, 1994, pp. 73-89
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology
Journal title
Sociologie du travail → ACNP
ISSN journal
00380296
Volume
36
Year of publication
1994
Pages
73 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0296(1994)36:<73:TOAATN>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The many meanings of the term ''work'' in current usage and in theory are clarified. Similarities between contemporary notions of work and t heories of action are pointed out. Work can be reconceptualized around three complementary axes of current research: descriptive interaction ist inquiries, the revival in studies of forms of cordination, and new approaches to the investigation of norms.