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One dimensional man
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Looking good: Consumption and the problems of self-production
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the anxieties and risks that attend the process of self-production in the context of consumption, drawing from interviews with a small sample of British young adults.
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One-Dimensional Management Science: The Making of a Technocratic Consciousness
Tony Tinker,Tony Lowe +1 more
TL;DR: A revitalized two-dimensional management science is proposed in this paper, where the literature elevates a "technocratic rationality" and neglects "social rationality" in the context of management science.
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The possibility of disalienated work: Being at home in alternative organizations:
TL;DR: Work organizations have long employed various management techniques in order to maximize workers' engagement, which in itself implies that "alienation" at work is common as mentioned in this paper, which is the central descrip...
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Poor Countries' Students in Rich Countries' Universities: Possibilities of Planning Education for the Twenty-first Century
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that relevant planning education must take into account that we live in one world comprised of rich and poor nations who are now faced with a common crisis of economy and of ideas.
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Work-leisure relationships from a sociological and social psychological perspective
Jiri Zuzanek,R. Mannell +1 more
TL;DR: Some of the major theoretical approaches to the study of the work-leisure relationship are examined in this article and some avenues for further research are suggested, however, few conclusive and statistically significant findings have been found.
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Staged Authenticity: arrangements of social space in tourist settings
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined accounts of travelers in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction and found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences.
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Work, Self and Society: After Industrialism
TL;DR: Casey as discussed by the authors explored the effects of contemporary practices of work on the self and found that changes currently occuring in the world of work are part of the vast social and cultural changes that are challenging the meta trends of modern industrialism.
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What is critical urban theory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors interpret critical urban theory with reference to four mutually interconnected elements: its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible.
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Self-doubters, strugglers, storytellers, surfers and others: Images of self-identities in organization studies
TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature, including self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers.