The fading of the boundaries between work and worker : a subject-orientated interpretation of the change in work

Abstract

"The central theme of the article is that the current 'change in the organisation conditions of work' is resulting in the boundaries of the employment relationship becoming more unclear, which also affects the relationship between 'work' and 'life'. Workers affected by this are increasingly being forced to be responsible for structuring their own work and therefore also for the entire organisation of their everyday life. A possible consequence of this in the long-term is also a fading of the boundaries of the social state of worker leading more in the direction of an individualised 'worker-manager', which will have lasting effects on the qualification level and training of workers. The background to the ideas are findings and theses from a sociological research project on the change in the everyday life-style of people in employment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Voß, G. (1998): Die Entgrenzung von Arbeit und Arbeitskraft. Eine subjektorientierte Interpretation des Wandels der Arbeit. In: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Vol. 31, No. 3, p. 473-487.