Engineers in Britain A Sociological Study of the Engineering Dimensi
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ENGINEERS IN
BRITAIN A Sociological Study ofthe Engineering Dimension IAN A. GLOVER MICHAELP. KELLY Dundee College of Technology and
The University ofGlasgow
London ALLEN & UNWIN Boston
Sydney
Wellington
©1. A. GloverandM. P. Kelly, 1987
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Glover, Ian A. Engineers in Britain: a sociological study of the engineering dimension. 1. Engineering firms - Great Britain - Employees 2. Industrial sociology - Great Britain I. Title II. Kelly, Michael P. 305.9'62'0941 TA157
TSBN-13: 978-0-04-301223-9 DOT: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8530-5
e-TSBN-13: 978-1-4615-8530-:!
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Glover, Ian. Engineers in Britain Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. 1. Engineers - Great Britain. 2. EngineeringSocial aspects - Great Britain. I. Kelly, Michael P. II. Title. TA157.G57 1987 620'.00941 86-32284
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Contents List ofTables and Figures
page
Preface and Acknowledgements
Xl Xlll
Part One 1 Introduction: Sociology and Engineering 2 Engineering and the Social Process 3 Engineering and the British Economic Problem 4 The British Economy in Context 5 The Legal and Political Context ofEngineering
3 10
23 53
63
Part Two 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Engineering Education Theories ofWork Motivation andJob Satisfaction The Colleagues ofthe Engineer
The Organization and Experience ofEngineering Engineers, Professional Associations and Trade Unions Engineering Work: The Division ofLabour Conclusions
93 116 140 159 183 206 229
References
239
Subject Index
260
Author Index
265
List of Tables and Figures Tables 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 7.1 9.1 9.2 10.1 10.2 10.3
Economic Growth: UK 1900-79 page Annual Growth Rates of Real Gross Domestic Product (Selected Countries) 1955-73 Growth of Industrial Production: UK and Selected Countries 1960-82 National Income Per Head: UK and Selected Countries 1960, 1973 and 1982 Selected Economic Indicators for Several Major Industrial Countries Indicators ofIndustrial Strength, 1979 Comparative Economic Performance, 1970-7 The World: Population, Production and Exports by Region, 1950-70 Classification of Theories of Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction Manufacturing: Net Output, Index of Production and Investment Manufacturing: Labour, Sales, Exports and Imports in 1984 The Engineering Institutions, Associations and Societies, 1983 Trade Union Me
