Nature of Work: The Clerk

Points up the effects of mass industrial organization on a young man employed as a clerk by a large industrial firm and assigned to dull, repetitive desk work. The man seeks challenge and responsibility from the job in order to meet his own needs, but the job demands only efficient performance of routine tasks. Seeks answers to the questions: "Why do we work?" and "For what do we work?" and explains the psychological devices and aspirations involved in a job., Points up the effects of mass industrial organization on a young man employed as a clerk by a large industrial firm and assigned to dull, repetitive desk work. The man seeks challenge and responsibility from the job in order to meet his own needs, but the job demands only efficient performance of routine tasks. Seeks answers to the questions: "Why do we work?" and "For what do we work?" and explains the psychological devices and aspirations involved in a job.