Labor as a Non-Economic Action

Rogozhnikova, V. N.

doi:10.5593/sgemsocial2018/1.4/s04.062

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“…The economic view on labour recognizes human beings as factors of production (Rogozhnikova, 2018). Consequently, a short excursus on the theory of human capital to clarify the economic view on labour is needed.…”

Section: The Notion Of Labour In Economics and Sociologymentioning

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“…Work can be interpreted as an economic or non-economic action. To explain the difference between these meanings, the question of the difference between economic and social aspects of reality, or how economic and social aspects relate to each other, must be answered (Rogozhnikova, 2018). There may be at least three points of view on the relationship between the economic view and the social approach.…”

Section: Labour As An Economic and Non-economic Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Taking these three points of view into account, a conclusion can be drawn that there are also three options to understand labour (Rogozhnikova, 2018).…”

Section: Labour As An Economic and Non-economic Actionmentioning

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Section: The Notion Of Labour In Economics and Sociologymentioning

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Section: Labour As An Economic and Non-economic Actionmentioning

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Work, profit and dignity: Towards an integrative HRM paradigm

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Role of informal institutions in the relationship between social capital and international entrepreneurial entry

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Labor as a Non-Economic Action

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Role of informal institutions in the relationship between social capital and international entrepreneurial entry

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