‘I Get Money for What I Like Doing Best’: The Class Origin of Young Blue-Collar Workers and their Commitment to Work

Carina Altreiter and Jörg Flecker
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Carina Altreiter: Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Jörg Flecker: University of Vienna, Austria

Work, Employment & Society, 2020, vol. 34, issue 6, 1097-1113

Abstract: Applying Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction, this article deals with workers’ family-of-origin class position and the associated socialisation processes as systematic influencers of individual work orientations and commitment to work. It draws on a study of young blue-collar workers in Austria to argue how growing up in a working-class setting shapes dispositions that contribute to the commitment to manual work. The results show how these dispositions influence the assessment of work and, in particular, support a positive relationship with manual work and physical activity.

Keywords: commitment to work; dispositions; labour process; manual labour; working class (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017020916189

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