From a Texas Prison to an Unknown Sea, Work - Part One

Exploring the spectrum of hard labor to inspired work, and the times they overlap. 

Work -  from a Texas prison to an Unknown Sea. 

Website source:    Inmate Labor in Texas, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Frequently Asked Questions

Sources listed are for Part I and II. 

Articles:

•  From the Harvard Business Review, What job crafting looks like 
• CBS What make people happy at work?   
• New York Times Opinion Piece by Barry Schwartz,  Rethinking Work

Papers for the Scholars 

• PDF, What is Job Crafting and Why Does it Matters 
• Wrzesniewski, Amy, and Jane E. Dutton. "Crafting a Job: Revisioning Employees as Active Crafters of Their Work." The Academy of Management Review 26, no. 2 (2001): 179-201. Accessed August 3, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/259118.

Book 

Whyte, D. (2002). Crossing the unknown sea: Work as a pilgrimage of identity. New York: Riverhead Books.

Music 

• Merle Travis, 16 Tons This version includes storytelling/narration by Merle Travis about the plight of coal miners. Merle Travis is the original songwriter.
• Library of Congress, The Hammer Song
• Tennessee Ernie Ford, 16 Tons
• ZZtop and Jeff Beck, 16 Tons  "Dedicated to the other 98%”
• Chris Sand, Trucker Man from the album, American Roadtrip. 
• LaVon Hardison, Should I Stay, or Should I Go