Consumption and Identity at Work

by Paul du Gay

Book Overview

The realms of consumption have typically been seen to be distinct from those of work and production. This book examines how contemporary rhetorics and discourses of organizational change are breaking down such distinctions - with significant implications for the construction of subjectivities and identities at work.

In particular, Paul du Gay shows how the capacities and predispositions required of consumers and those required of employees...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803979274
• ISBN13: 9780803979277
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"