ABSTRACT

This title was first published in 2001. The examples cited in this study of sabotage in the working environment range from sophisticated tricks played in Western factories to natural reactions to inferior or unhealthy working practices in, for example, Malaysia and India. The book contains articles from various contributors which cover numerous topics within the subject including crime and punishment in the factory, employee and organizational sabotage, and management techniques to prevent sabotage.

part I|212 pages

Infighting: Theories, Definitions – and Computers

chapter 4|34 pages

Sabotage at Work: the Rational View 1

chapter 5|20 pages

Work place Behaviors

Good Soldiers, Smooth Operators, And Saboteurs

chapter 9|33 pages

“Civilization” and its discontents

The Boxers and Luddites as heroes and villains

part III|40 pages

Missing the Point: Managerial Discourses of Control