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Bullshit jobs / David Graeber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graeber, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Job satisfaction--Social aspects.
- Job satisfaction.
- Organizational effectiveness.
- Bureaucracy--Social aspects.
- Bureaucracy.
- Social structure.
- Work--Social aspects.
- Work.
- Work--Psychological aspects.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 333 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Title on dust jacket: Bull shit jobs : a theory
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Preface: On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs
- What is a bullshit job?
- What sorts of bullshit jobs are there?
- Why do those in bullshit jobs regularly report themselves unhappy?
- What is it like to have a bullshit job?
- Why are bullshit jobs proliferating?
- Why do we as a society not object to the growth of pointless employment?
- What are the political effects of bullshit jobs, and is there anything that can be done about this situation?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-333).
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781501143342
- 1501143344
- Publisher Number:
- 99988909239
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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