The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university
This paper focuses on representations of the nexus of work, meaning and consumption as experienced by university students. We develop an empirically based argument that the meaning of work is being constructed as an object of consumption on a British university campus. We suggest that this indicates...
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| author | Chertkovskaya, Ekaterina Korczynski, Marek Taylor, Scott |
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| description | This paper focuses on representations of the nexus of work, meaning and consumption as experienced by university students. We develop an empirically based argument that the meaning of work is being constructed as an object of consumption on a British university campus. We suggest that this indicates two key changes in representations of the meaning of work. First, there is a significant shift in the social construction of orientations to work towards what we term ‘consumption of work’. Second, we argue that this new social construction is made up of three dimensions: consumption of an idealised image of work, consumption through specific work processes and consumption of self-development opportunities at work. We conclude by suggesting ways in which this argument could be researched further. |
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| spelling | nottingham-464782020-05-04T19:11:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46478/ The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university Chertkovskaya, Ekaterina Korczynski, Marek Taylor, Scott This paper focuses on representations of the nexus of work, meaning and consumption as experienced by university students. We develop an empirically based argument that the meaning of work is being constructed as an object of consumption on a British university campus. We suggest that this indicates two key changes in representations of the meaning of work. First, there is a significant shift in the social construction of orientations to work towards what we term ‘consumption of work’. Second, we argue that this new social construction is made up of three dimensions: consumption of an idealised image of work, consumption through specific work processes and consumption of self-development opportunities at work. We conclude by suggesting ways in which this argument could be researched further. Sage 2017-10-11 Article PeerReviewed Chertkovskaya, Ekaterina, Korczynski, Marek and Taylor, Scott (2017) The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university. Organization . ISSN 1461-7323 Consumption Work Meaning Employer branding University http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1350508417734056 doi:10.1177/1350508417734056 doi:10.1177/1350508417734056 |
| spellingShingle | Consumption Work Meaning Employer branding University Chertkovskaya, Ekaterina Korczynski, Marek Taylor, Scott The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university |
| title | The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university |
| title_full | The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university |
| title_fullStr | The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university |
| title_full_unstemmed | The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university |
| title_short | The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university |
| title_sort | consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a uk university |
| topic | Consumption Work Meaning Employer branding University |
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