William Foote Whyte (1914–2000)
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William Foote Whyte has been a professor of sociology at Cornell University's New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations since 1948. His books include Men at Work, Organizing for Agricultural Development, and the classic Street Corner Society. Whyte was one of the first social näytä lisää scientists to study human relations in industry. He has called himself a "sociologist who uses anthropological field methods to try to figure out what is going on." näytä vähemmän
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- 1914-06-27
- Kuolinaika
- 2000-07-16
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“…To the average person corner boys are up to no good, but one corner boy, Doc, takes the author under his wing for a year and a half. Whyte learns that things are not as simple as they appear on the corner. The group is much more complex than you’d expect, with rules and regulations, leaders and deputy leaders, and due deference. Whyte tries to ingratiate himself with his new crowd by cursing and using the F word – this is, if you will, a Harvard boy’s perception of how one might fit in on the corner. However, Doc chastises him for doing so and indicates that more is expected of a Harvard boy…”
The full interview is available here: http://fivebooks.com/interviews/john-timoney… (lisätietoja)