Transformations of work : a discussion of the South African workplace

Abstract

Starting with a discussion of some of the seminal texts of South African industrial sociology, this paper argues that since the late twentieth century the world of work in South Africa has been transformed in a number of ways. These transformations are linked to the global expansion of industrial supply chains as a result of the political and economic transition, technological changes, labour market transformations and a changing conception of time. A key argument is that rather than being discreet, the consequences of these transformations are deeply connected across place.