Study Of Mineworkers Research Articles

Student attitudes to socially responsible business: a case study of mine workers in Chile

PurposeGiven the proliferation of United Kingdom (UK) media headlines around the recent financial meltdown and the subsequent allocation of blame to government, bankers, the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority, it is clear that there is disquiet amongst the public as to how the crisis has been handled. Business schools, both in the UK and worldwide, have been accused of failing to address issues of governance in their curricula. Can the assumption be made that current curricula will have prepared students to evaluate this key concept critically? This paper seeks to address these issues.Design/methodology/approachTaking a case study approach, this work sets out to explore the attitudes of a cohort of 43 final‐year undergraduate students studying in a UK business school. It focuses on an analysis of their written work on the sourcing of copper from Chile and its procurement by the UK Royal Mint for coinage.FindingsThe findings indicate that students valued the inclusion of corporate social responsibility in its widest context, and would welcome earlier inclusion within their curricula.Originality/valueThis is a timely point in their academic studies, as the students are preparing for study at Master's level or for the job market. The coursework required research into the production process of raw material at the copper mines in Chile, as well as the ethical decision‐making process of a UK governmental agency. Although this is a small‐scale study, it does offer some interesting insights into student perspectives. The paper concludes with recommendations for future curriculum development.

‘Working’ culture: exploring notions of workplace culture and learning at work

This article is based on research into the practical problem of masculinity and learning and practising safety in the mining industry. The research began with a post-structural analysis of gendered subjectivity in miners' yarns but argues that a concept of ‘culture’ is needed to elucidate a middle-level relationship between individual workers and the organisation. Concepts of ‘culture’, however, are problematic in this context because they have been used uncritically in organisational literature. The author explores the enactment of a concept of ‘culture’ through an ethnographic study of mine workers. It was found that workplace cultures are characterised by violence and aggression, risk taking, and competitiveness, which impact on learning and practising safety. In emergent understandings of culture in this study the author suggests that ‘culture’ can be reconceptualised in order to involve workers in their own cultural analysis and to articulate the relationship between the complex, collective, and contested nature of contemporary workplaces and the learning that takes place there. Such a cultural analysis enables the possibility of identifying sites of change and ‘culture’ as a concept that can be mobilised as a technology for workers to intervene in their own workplace practices.

Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia.Robert H. Bates

Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia.Robert H. Bates

Unions, Parties and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia. By Robert H. Bates. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1971. Pp. xi, 201. $12.50.)

Unions, Parties and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia. By Robert H. Bates. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1971. Pp. xi, 201. $12.50.)

Strategy and Transaction in an African Factory: African workers and Indian management in a Zambian town by Bruce Kapferer Manchester University Press, 1972. Pp. xxii + 366. £3.60. - Unions, Parties, and Political Development: a study of mineworkers in Zambia by Robert H. Bates New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1971. Pp. xi + 291. $12.50. £6.00.

Strategy and Transaction in an African Factory: African workers and Indian management in a Zambian town by Bruce Kapferer Manchester University Press, 1972. Pp. xxii + 366. £3.60. - Unions, Parties, and Political Development: a study of mineworkers in Zambia by Robert H. Bates New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1971. Pp. xi + 291. $12.50. £6.00. - Volume 11 Issue 2

Unions, Parties and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia

Unions, Parties and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia

Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia.Robert H. Bates

<i>Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia.</i>Robert H. Bates

Book Review: Politics, Government and Industrial Relations: Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia

Book Review: Politics, Government and Industrial Relations: Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia

Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia.

Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia.

Unions and Government in Zambia - Unions, Parties and Political Development: a Study of Mineworkers in Zambia. By Robert H. Bates. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1971. Pp. xi + 291. $12.50.

Unions and Government in Zambia - Unions, Parties and Political Development: a Study of Mineworkers in Zambia. By Robert H. Bates. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1971. Pp. xi + 291. $12.50.

Book Review Section: Economic Independence and Political Development in Zambia and Tanzania: Zambia: Towards Economic Independence: Paper on the Nationalization of the Copper Industry in Zambia, Union, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia

Book Review Section: Economic Independence and Political Development in Zambia and Tanzania: Zambia: Towards Economic Independence: Paper on the Nationalization of the Copper Industry in Zambia, Union, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia

Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia

Unions, Parties, and Political Development: A Study of Mineworkers in Zambia