The Changing Culture of a Factory: A Study of Authority and Participation in an Industrial Setting

Jaques, Elliott. The Changing Culture of a Factory: A Study of Authority and Participation in an Industrial Setting. London: Tavistock Publications, Ltd., 1957. Third impression. Octavo. XVII, [1], 341, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers over red cloth with gold lettering on spine. This is the first comprehensive report of a three-year study carried out by the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in collaboration with the Glacier Metal Company, an engineering factory in London, employing some fifteen hundred people. The aims were: to study the psychological and social forces affecting the group life, morale and productivity of a single industrial community; to develop more effective ways of resolving social stresses; and to facilitate agreed and desired social change. Moderate age-toning and creasing on spine and along edges of wrappers. Slight off-setting on endpapers. Wraps in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Softcover. (30998) $65