"Working for Yourself": Resource Theft at a Factory in the Late Soviet Era Cover Image

"Работа на себя": использование ресурсов промышленного предприятия в личных целях в позднюю советскую эпоху
"Working for Yourself": Resource Theft at a Factory in the Late Soviet Era

Author(s): Olga Smolyak
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Центр независимых социологических исследований (ЦНСИ)
Keywords: Social Space; Soviet Everyday Life; Cultural Biography of Things; Public and Private Spheres; Social Network; Do-It-Yourself; Time Theft; Resource Theft; Workplace; Moral Code

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the practice of "working for yourself" (rabota na sebia), which was common in the Soviet Union in the 1970s-1980s and entailed manufacturing and repairing household items during work hours, using factory resources.

  • Issue Year: 6/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 21-57
  • Page Count: 37