Books in the Cambridge Papers in Sociology series

This is a 1972 study of the ways in which workers within a range of genders and ages relate and adapt to their work situation. It is set in a single factory so that the aspects of the situation relating to the employer, are all the same for all workers.

First published in 1922, this volume contributes to our understanding of the complexities which shape attitudes and behaviour at work. Based on material obtained from a survey of workers employed by a single firm, it highlights features of the production system which are crucial in influencing attitudes and behaviour within the work setting.

This book explores the relationship between work leisure time. At the opposite extreme to the 'instrumental' attitude, where work and leisure time remain separate, is the close involvement in work and the correspondingly close relationship between working and non-working identities characteristic of 'occupational communities', which this book attempts to define.

This book, originally published in 1970, dealt with differences in the structure of large - and small - scale industrial organizations and the consequences of these differences for worker behaviour. The problems are analysed with reference to a critical examination of the theoretical approaches in industrial sociology of the time, as well as the author's own empirical investigations.

Originally published in 1975, this was the first empirical study to investigate the nature of the links between family size and the social and economic condition of those in lower social classes. By comparing various family samples, Miss Askham attempted to show why differences in family size occur.