1959/12/01 by Donald F. Roy · 11 citations
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Work-Family Balance Challenges #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
paper · doi:10.17730/humo.18.4.07j88hr1p4074605
This paper undertakes description and exploratory analysis of the social interaction which took place within a small work group of factory machine operatives during a two-month period of participant observation. The factual and ideational materials which it presents lie at an intersection of two lines of research interest and should, in their dual bearing, contribute to both. Since the operatives were engaged in work which involved the repetition of very simple operations over an extra-long workday, six days a week, they were faced with the problem of dealing with a formidable