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It is argued that in approaching the issue of Canada's competitiveness in finished products and services internationally, a singular focus on productivity may be but a symptom of more serious underlying problems. Examples of such problems are provided and the implications and ethical concerns resulting from the probable technical solutions utilized to improve productivity are explored.
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Terrence H. White is Professor and Dean at the Faculty of Arts, The University of Alberta. He formerly held a Chair at the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta and was Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Windsor. His most important publications are: Power or Pawns: Boards of Directors in Canadian Corporations (CCH, Toronto, 1978) and ‘Production Workers and Perceptions of Intraorganization Mobility’, Sociological Inquiry 44 (2), 121–129.
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White, T.H. Productivity and the nature of work. J Bus Ethics 3, 55–61 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00381715
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00381715