Work in traditional and modern society

Prentice-Hall • Englewood Cliffs, NJ • Published In • Pages: 134 •
By Udy, Stanley H., Jr.

Hypothesis

"Preindustrial social development brings increasing continuous types of technology . . . [however] relatively little continous constant work emerges" (47)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of raw scoresSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Social ComplexityUNKNOWNTerritorial Organization
Work Load ContinuityUNKNOWNLabor

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.". . . traditional social development involves a trend away from work requiring undivided attention . . ." (53)
Udy, Stanley H., Jr."With preindustrial social development comes a progressive decline in the prevalence of production determined work organization, and a progressive increase in the prevalence of socially determined work organization" (35-36)
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.The prevailing type of social base is related to the state of social development. Familial work organization receives its greatest relative impetus with the advent of sedentary agriculture. Specialized political units receive their greatest impetus with centralized government when they displace familial forms and gain control over resources (41-42)
Udy, Stanley H., Jr."Social development . . . results independently in decreased rationality for production determined and political forms and increased rationality for familial and contractual forms" (56)
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.". . . contractual agreements often seem to limit the social content of work roles. Political organizations . . . do so less. . . . Production determined forms are just as likely to be rationally organized as are contractual form" (54)