Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 "Work": A Four Letter Word -- 3 "Second Class Citizens" -- 4 Managing Slavs -- 5 Negotiating Research Access -- 6 Managing the Shopfloor -- Chapter One - Power and Subjectivity in Organizations -- 1 Introduction. -- 2 Work Organizations -- 3 Subjectivity and Organizational Analysis -- 4 Subjectivities and Masculinities -- 5 Workplace Culture, Consent and Resistance -- Chapter Two - Managing Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Managing the Contradictions -- 3 Resistance Through Distance -- 4 Stewarding the Axle Department -- 5 Managing Members -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter Three - Managing Masculinity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Masculinity and Shopfloor Culture -- 3 Masculinity and Sexuality -- 4 Masculine Breadwinner -- 5 Masculinity and Production -- 6 Masculinity and "Being a Working Man" -- 7 Masculinity and Shopfloor Divisions -- 8 Conclusion. -- Chapter Four - Managing a Joke -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Happy Workers? -- 3 Humour as Resistance -- 4 Humour as Conformity -- 5 Humour as Control -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter Five - Managing to Resist -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Manufacturing Conflict -- 3 Collective Resistance -- 3.1 Space -- 3.2 Time -- 3.3 Production -- 4 Individual Resistance -- 4.1 Managing The Bonus -- 4.2 Managing Production -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter Six - Managing to Comply -- 1 Introduction. -- 2 Security in Subordination? -- 3 Managing Insecurity -- 4 Mismanaging Communication -- 5 Managing the Middle Ground -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter Seven - Managing to Escape -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Individualism and Meritocracy -- 3 Blaming the System -- 4 Managing to Sacrifice -- 5 Blaming Self -- 6 Managing Appearances -- 7 Managing to Manipulate -- 8 Managing to Impress -- 9 Managing to Deceive -- 10 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- 1 Managerial Strategies.

2 Shopfloor Collectivism and Individualism -- 3 Cultural Convergence on the Shopfloor -- 4 Shopfloor Commonalities -- 5 Elite Control and Labour Resistance -- 6 Theorizing Resistance -- 7 Managing Research -- Appendix: Methodology -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.