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Moro, Angelo

Coming through in waves : generational dynamics and resistance practicesamong blue-collar workers in an Italian factory

2023 - Franco Angeli

P. 76-99

  • This article aims to contribute to the theoretical development of Labour Process Theory by studying the motives that lead workers to consent or dissent towards the workplace regime and the subjective meanings they attach to resistance practices. It shows how these motives and meanings are plural, as they are formed through the interplay between relations of and in production and workers' attitudes towards work. Although the latter are shaped by the progressive articulation of the forms of socialisation and resocialisation that occur outside and inside the workplace, workers can reflexively modify them to better fit their lived experience.
  • This perspective is illustrated through the case study of an Italian automotive factory, in which generational differences among the workforce, related to distinct socialisation contexts, have generated divergent work orientations in the face of organisational change. Addressing the long-term consequences of implementing a lean production system, the article emphasises how adaptation processes tend to change work attitudes and resistance practices over time. [Publisher's text]

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Sociologia del lavoro : 167, 3, 2023