Through an extensive review of data from field work in a multi-national corporation, Casey analyses the transformations occurring in the world of work and explores the effects of contemporary practices of work on the self.

Catherine Casey is a lecturer in the School of Commerce and Economics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND THE PROBLEM OF WORK; Chapter 2 THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORK; Chapter 3 DISCOURSES OF THE SELF; Chapter 4 THE WORKING SELF: SOCIALIZATION AND LEARNING AT WORK; Chapter 5 DISCOURSES OF PRODUCTION; Chapter 6 DESIGNER EMPLOYEES: CORPORATE CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION OF SELF; Chapter 7 REVIVALISM, SELF AND SOLIDARITY; Chapter 8 APPENDIX: THE FIELD STUDY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY Index;