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020 $a9781501143311 (hbk.) :$cNT$945
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aHF5549.5.J63$bG73 2018
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100 1 $aGraeber, David.
245 10$aBullshit jobs /$cDavid Graeber.
246 1 $iTitle on dust jacket:$aBull shit jobs :$ba theory.
250 $aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2018.
300 $axxvii, 333 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-333)
505 0 $aPreface: 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? -- Whyare 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,
520 $a'Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world?' David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative online essay titled On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs. He defined a bullshit job as 'a form of paid employmentthat is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence, even though as part of the conditions of employm
650 0$aWork$xPsychological aspects.
650 0$aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS$xWorkplace Culture.
650 0$aJob satisfaction$xSocial aspects.
650 0$aOrganizational effectiveness.
650 0$aBureaucracy$xSocial aspects.
650 0$aSocial structure.
650 0$aWork$xSocial aspects.