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Coping at Work

With Freedom or with Docility? A Model Developed with Examples from Risky Work Places

Mette Sandoff

Mette Sandoff is at the School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Department of Business Administration, Box 610, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. E-mail: mette{at}handels.gu.se

Gill Widell

Gill Widell is at the School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Department of Business Administration, Box 610, SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. E-mail: gill.widell{at}handels.gu.se

The intention of this article is to continue the discussion on the tension in the relations between joy and commitment of employees on the one side and type of organization on the other. Earlier empirical studies of disciplinary practices among teachers and warders were developed with the help of hedonism as a psychological concept, attribution theories, theories on motivation and theories on the conflict between the individual and the organization. From these standpoints, a typology on coping strategies in work contexts was developed, where four possible ‘ideal’ roles an individual can take were described. Most studies on disciplining, hedonism, and so, focus on the painful side of coping. Few studies focus on what people do in order to feel well, which is in focus for this article. The frame of reference here is discussed and developed in relation to work places where risks are at stake. The tensions between individual commitment and organizational demands might be most strengthened in such organizations.

Journal of Human Values, Vol. 14, No. 2, 157-168 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/097168580801400206
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