COM 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Workplace Democracy
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Reward: one person can give reward, other person works toward reward (opposite of coercive) Legitimate: person complies to other b/c other has higher position (parent) Referent: you want to be liked, do what you can to be liked. Self-doubter, struggler, surfer, story teller, strategist, stencil, soldier. Struggler struggle or contradiction prevents you from getting what you want. Identity created by workplace & you strive to fit into it. Seeks to build meaningful identity that we form through stories. Uses narratives to craft vision of who you are. Masculine language & work identity communication is contest. Feminine language & work identity communication is sight of connection. Goal is to establish a web with many firm connections. Construction of division of labor based on gendered lines. Social construction of symbols and images reinforce gender divisions. 4 steps to increasing workplace democracy: every member thinks and acts like an owner, reintegrate management with doing work. No separation of labor: widely distribute quality info.
