All Outputs (2)

The improvised language of solidarity: Linguistic practices in the participatory labour-organizing processes of multi-ethnic migrant workers (2022)
Journal Article
Cioce, G., Korczynski, M., & Però, D. (2023). The improvised language of solidarity: Linguistic practices in the participatory labour-organizing processes of multi-ethnic migrant workers. Human Relations, 76(12), 1855-1880. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267221119775

There are considerable language barriers facing the potential collective labour organization of multi-ethnic migrant workers. From the research literature, we know little about linguistic practices that might overcome these barriers. Based on an ethn... Read More about The improvised language of solidarity: Linguistic practices in the participatory labour-organizing processes of multi-ethnic migrant workers.

The social contract of work: Moving beyond the psychological contract (2022)
Journal Article
Korczynski, M. (2023). The social contract of work: Moving beyond the psychological contract. Human Resource Management Journal, 33(1), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12450

This paper develops the critique of psychologisation by going narrow and deep into the analysis of the concept of the psychological contract. In its early incarnation, the psychological contract literature explored key elements at the heart of the em... Read More about The social contract of work: Moving beyond the psychological contract.