MA Seminar: Sociology of work environments 3500-SEMMGR-sśp-3
The seminar lasts 3 semesters, the first part of it begins in the summer semester 2019/2020. The problems of MA theses will cover the areas of work sociology, organization sociology, labor market, collective labor relations, sociological connotations of human resources management.
Human work is currently undergoing a significant transformation, including its contents, performance conditions, work institutions and the social environment. We want to encourage students to take ambitious master's projects exploring these phenomena.
Student during the 1st semester of the seminar determines the subject of the thesis, writes Introduction and plans and partially implements empirical or literature research
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Assessment criteria
Examination the first semester on the basis of class attendance (allowed 2 absences), the formulation of the topic of the thesis and the research problem, writing the Introduction, conducting preliminary reading in theoretical frameworks, planning research and analysis, developing research tools, presentation of achievements for all seminar’s participants
In the correction session you will need to write an Introduction and a theoretical or methodological chapter
Bibliography
1. Manuel Castells, Społeczeństwo sieci, WN PWN, Warszawa, rozdział 4 „Transformacja pracy“ str. 227- 295
2. Juliusz Gardawski (red), Polacy pracujący a kryzys fordyzmu, Scholar 2009, rozdział 7
3. Guy Standing, 2014, Prekariat. Nowa Niebezpieczna klasa, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
4. Richard Sennett, 2006, Korozja charakteru : osobiste konsekwencje pracy w nowym kapitalizmie, Warszawa: Muza SA
5. Mikołaj Lewicki, Mira Marody „Przemiany ideologii pracy” w: Mirosława Marody, Jacek Kochanowicz (red)- Kultura i gospodarka, Scholar 2010
6. Stephen Edgell – Sociology of work. Continuity and change in paid and unpaid work, Sage 2006 (fragments)
7. Wiesława Kozek, Julia Kubisa,2011, Polaktor. Aktorzy na rynku pracy, Warszawa Związek Zawodowy Aktorów Polskich
8. Tommy Isidorsson , Julia Kubisa, 2019, Job Quality in an Era of Flexibility. Experiences in a European Context”, Routledge. Routledge Studies in Employment Relations, fragments
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