Moral gray zones : side productions, identity, and regulation in an aeronautic plant / Michel Anteby.

Author/creator Anteby, Michel, 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Industrial relations--Moral and ethical aspects.
Organizational behavior--Moral and ethical aspects.
Homers (Manufactures)
Psychology, Industrial.
Group identity.
Aircraft industry--France. --Case studies.

Variant title Moral grey zones
Contents The persistence of organizational gray zones -- The motivations and the setting -- Revisiting social systems in organizations -- The side production of homers in factories -- The Pierreville plant: setting and status divides -- The findings -- Retirement homers: an entry into the community -- Homers gone wrong: delimiting the gray zone -- Shades of homer meanings: occupational variations -- The rise and fall of craftsmanship -- Trading in hidden identity incentives -- The implications -- Organizational gray zones as identity distillers -- Identities, control, and moralities -- Appendix A: Data and methods -- Appendix B: Position in the field.
General noteBased on a field study of a French aeronautic plant, Pierreville (pseudonym), which manufactures airplane engines.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-226) and index.
LCCN 2007044056
ISBN9780691135243 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN069113524X (hardcover : alk. paper)