Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton

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dc.contributor.advisorGrossman, Jonathanen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorRussell, Men_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTalbut, Carol-Janeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-14T18:03:40Z
dc.date.available2015-09-14T18:03:40Z
dc.date.issued1998en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves. [141-145].en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a case study of the social relations of power within the canning industry in Ashton. The project had three main aims: 1) to document the physical situation at the two canning factories in Ashton, in order to profile the basic composition of the workforce, aspects of the labour process and working and employment conditions; 2) to examine the processes and mechanisms of control and then 3) to use the first two aims as a basis to take stock of what this control means in terms of workers lives: i.e. examining the lived experience of 'control'. I adopted a primarily qualitatively focused approach and used a combination of interviews and group discussions to elicit the information necessary to inform these aims. The results showed how in the logic of capitalist development, pre-existing social divisions are exploited. The interaction of these pre-existing social divisions within the structure of the workforce, combined with deliberate control mechanisms serves to divide, atomise and thereby control the workforce. I found the workers to be divided by gender and race, these divisions are intensified by differences between whether workers have seasonal or permanent employment and where they live. These divisions, aggravated by differences, are then combined with the deliberate use of piecework, the assembly line and the factories recruitment system. Workers experienced most of these control mechanisms as normal and natural and are mostly thankful to have work.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTalbut, C. (1998). <i>Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13879en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTalbut, Carol-Jane. <i>"Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13879en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTalbut, C. 1998. Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Talbut, Carol-Jane AB - This thesis is a case study of the social relations of power within the canning industry in Ashton. The project had three main aims: 1) to document the physical situation at the two canning factories in Ashton, in order to profile the basic composition of the workforce, aspects of the labour process and working and employment conditions; 2) to examine the processes and mechanisms of control and then 3) to use the first two aims as a basis to take stock of what this control means in terms of workers lives: i.e. examining the lived experience of 'control'. I adopted a primarily qualitatively focused approach and used a combination of interviews and group discussions to elicit the information necessary to inform these aims. The results showed how in the logic of capitalist development, pre-existing social divisions are exploited. The interaction of these pre-existing social divisions within the structure of the workforce, combined with deliberate control mechanisms serves to divide, atomise and thereby control the workforce. I found the workers to be divided by gender and race, these divisions are intensified by differences between whether workers have seasonal or permanent employment and where they live. These divisions, aggravated by differences, are then combined with the deliberate use of piecework, the assembly line and the factories recruitment system. Workers experienced most of these control mechanisms as normal and natural and are mostly thankful to have work. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton TI - Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13879 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13879
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTalbut C. Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13879en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherIndustrial Sociologyen_ZA
dc.titleWorkforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashtonen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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