Transforming workplaces in Polish Shipbuilding. A note on maritime sociology considering the Great Transformation of the sea industry
Transforming workplaces in Polish Shipbuilding. A note on maritime sociology considering the Great Transformation of the sea industry

Summary/Abstract: ABSTRACT. As a starting point, the article takes the generic proximity of maritime sociology and sociology of work into account. Latest upheavals, such as the restructuring of the Polish industry, have been mirrored in the development within sociology of work theoretically and methodologically and call the whole sub-discipline of maritime sociology into question. This article demonstrates various possibilities how to connect topics of maritime sociology with new approaches to social sciences, deriving from workplace studies, sociology of organization and neo-institutionalism. The transformation of Polish shipbuilding industry is taken as a case study for 1) the organizational changes as a consequence of ownership transformation, 2) the production-based legitimation strategies shipbuilders rely on, and 3) the decline of the production discourse as a significant of Polish economic transformation.

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