Resistance and misbehaviour

General texts (i.e. useful for all four aspects of resistance and misbehaviour covered in this modules)

Ackroyd, S. & Thompson, P. (1999) Organizational Misbehaviour. Sage: London.

Fleming, P. & Sewell, G, (2002) ‘Looking for the Good Soldier, Svejk: Alternative modalities of resistance in the Contemporary Workplace’ Sociology. 36 (4) pp.857-873.

Thompson & Ackroyd, S. (1995) ‘All quiet on the workplace front? A critique of the recent trends in British industrial sociology’ Sociology. 29 (4) pp.610-633.

Noon, M. & Blyton, P. (2002) The Realities of Work. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave (chapter 9).

Thompson, P. & McHugh, D. (2002) Work Organizations, 3rd ed. London: Palgrave (chapter 9).

Watson, T. (2003) Sociology, Work and Industry. 4th ed. London: Routledge (chapter 8).

Humour and misbehaviour
Sexual/gender-related misbehaviour
Sabotage and misbehaviour
Pilferage, fiddles and misbehaviour

I also have a weblog about organizational misbehaviour, which will be up-dated again as the module progresses.