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By: Edward Granter
In: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Vicki Smith
Subject:Organizational Psychology, Sociology of Work (general), Organizational Theory

Throughout human history, advancing technology has held out the promise of a dramatically reduced burden of work, leading some to suggest that work as conventionally known could be eliminated altogether. For workers in the economically more developed nations, backbreaking toil in ...

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  Granter, E. (2013). End of work. In V. Smith (Ed.), Sociology of work: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 247-247). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n94
  
  Granter, Edward. "End of Work." In Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, edited by Smith, Vicki, 247-247. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n94.
  
  Granter, E. 2013. End of Work. In: Vicki Smith Editor, 2013. Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 247 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n94> [Accessed 13 Aug 2022].
  
  Granter, Edward. "End of Work." Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Vicki Smith. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013, pp. 247-247. SAGE Knowledge. 13 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n94.
  
  Granter, Edward (2013). End of work In: Smith, Vicki (Ed.),End of work Sociology of work: An encyclopedia Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2013:247-247. doi:10.4135/9781452276199.n94
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