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Work is more than a job. It is a place where we meet other people, make friends, perhaps marry. For many people it is a place where they acquire the status that they carry outside into the general society — a BMW on the drive rather than a Ford. Others will establish a status recognised by their workmates, as a person of skill or the man who is not afraid of the boss.
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© 1994 Gerard O’Donnell
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O’Donnell, G. (1994). The meaning of work. In: Mastering Sociology. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13434-2_12
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