ABSTRACT

This is Volume V of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Work and Organisation. First published in 1968, this is a study in occupational sociology and looks at status and role of the lorry driver, and the consequences of industrial structure provided by the analysis of the observed behaviour and recorded attitudes of a sample of this group of workers.

chapter I|13 pages

Introduction

chapter II|43 pages

The Lorry Driver's World

chapter III|27 pages

The Lorry Driver's Career

chapter IV|23 pages

The Mobile Technical System

chapter V|31 pages

Organisation and the Lorry Driver

chapter VI|26 pages

Occupation and Family Life

chapter VII|31 pages

Work and Non-Work in Lorry Driving

chapter VIII|34 pages

Occupational Status