02870nam 2200673 a 450 991045531650332120200520144314.097866122622030-8039-7927-41-4462-2502-X1-282-26220-31-84920-681-3(CKB)1000000000789886(EBL)456773(OCoLC)652409420(SSID)ssj0000292583(PQKBManifestationID)11212712(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292583(PQKBWorkID)10274889(PQKB)10391167(MiAaPQ)EBC456773(StDuBDS)EDZ0000063997(Au-PeEL)EBL456773(CaPaEBR)ebr10326833(CaONFJC)MIL226220(OCoLC)466447341(EXLCZ)99100000000078988620120327d1996 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConsumption and identity at work[electronic resource] /Paul du GayLondon SAGE19961 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-2194-6 0-8039-7928-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-204) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: 1 - The Subjects of Production; 2 - The Production of Subjects; 3 - Governing Organizational Life; 4 - The Culture of the Customer; PART II: 5 - Retailing and the De-differentiation of Economy and Culture; 6 - Re-imagining Organizational Identities; 7 - Consuming Organization; 8 - Setting Limits to Enterprise; Appendix: Research Details; References; IndexPaul du Gay shows how the capacities and predispositions required of consumers and those required of employees are increasingly difficult to distinguish. Both consumers and employees are represented as autonomous, responsible, calculating individuals. They are constituted as such in the language of consumer cultures and the all-pervasive discourses of enterprise whereby persons are required to be entrepreneurs of the self, at work, at play and in all aspects of their lives.Consumption (Economics)Social aspectsOrganizational changeConsumer behaviorIdentity (Philosophical concept)Electronic books.Consumption (Economics)Social aspects.Organizational change.Consumer behavior.Identity (Philosophical concept)302.35Du Gay Paul144244StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910455316503321Consumption and identity at work860908UNINA