This comprehensive textbook examines the nature and significance of work from an original, multidimensional perspective. Hall, an eminent industrial sociologist, also provides an overview of the traditional textbook taxonomy of work and occupations and a review of the major public policy issues raised by his discussion. A pathbreaking account of an issue which has been pivotal in modern sociology since Marx, Weber and Durkheim, Dimensions of Work will interest a broad spectrum of academics and advanced students in the fields of sociology and organization studies.