Work and Rationalization

Louw, J. (2017). Going against the grain: Emotional labour in the face of established business school institutional logics. Studies in Higher Education, 44 (6). An empirical research study about the emotional labour undertaken in a series of business schools in the United Kingdom.

Carroll, K. (2013). Infertile? The emotional labour of sensitive and feminist research methodologies. Qualitative Research, 13(5). An empirical research study about the emotional labour carried out by feminist researchers. 

Lufkin, B. (2019, Feb. 5). Office Space Turns 20: How the film changed the way we work. BBC. A story from the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) about how the film listed in recommended videos, Office Space, influenced the scientific management of work in North America in the years following its release. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190205-office-space-turns-20-how-the-film-changed-work

Recommended Videos

Loach, K. (2016).I, Blake.Sixteen Films. A film about an out-of-work man living in England and struggling with bureaucratic authorities for worker’s compensation.

Judge, M. (1999). Office Space. Judgmental Films. A film about a corporate worker who becomes alienated from his work and intent on living his best life.

Sales, N.J. (2018). Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age. Consolidated Documentaries. A documentary about online dating and its impact on gender issues.

Frankel, D. (2006. The Devil Wears Prada. Fox 2000 Pictures. A film about a tyrannical boss making life difficult for a new intern at a fashion magazine.

Recommended Websites

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-222-x/71-222-x2018002-eng.htm A web site hosted by Statistics Canada offering data on precarious employment in Canada.

https://hillnotes.ca/2018/11/21/precarious-employment-in-canada-an-overview/ Web site from Canada’s Library of Parliament with a collection of data on precarious employment in Canada.

https://laborrights.org/issues/precarious-work A web site hosted by the International Labour Rights Forum on the topic of precarious work.

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