Work Alienation and its Gravediggers: Social Class, Class Consciousness, and Activism
Abstract: Work activity is central to human psychology. However, working conditions under capitalist socioeconomic relations have been posited as psychologically alienating. Given the negative impact of work alienation on well-being and mental health, we conducted two studies of the relations between social class, work conditions, and alienation. We also examined factors that might counteract alienation – class consciousness and activism. The utility of a Marxist measure of social class – based on objective work relations – was compared with that of SES and subjective class measures. Study 1 surveyed 240 U.S. adults from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk; Study 2 was a replication with 717 adults recruited via a sampling company. Across studies, alienation was predicted by perceived work exploitation, poor work relationships, and lack of self-expression, meaningfulness, self-actualization, autonomy, and intrinsic motivation at work. Only the Marxist class measu.... https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/5227
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Work Alienation and its Gravediggers: Social Class, Class Consciousness, and Activism ; volume:8 ; number:1 ; day:14 ; month:07 ; year:2020
Journal of social and political psychology ; 8, Heft 1 (14.07.2020)
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Sawyer, Jeremy E.
Gampa, Anup
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10.5964/jspp.v8i1.1132
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021032004244732241006
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Sawyer, Jeremy E.
- Gampa, Anup