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