Blue-Collar Discourses of Workplace Dignity: Using Outgroup Comparisons to Construct Positive Identities:

TL;DR: Work identity and identification have generated a great deal of interest in the fields of organizational psychology and organizational behavior as mentioned in this paper, and a broad overview of theoretical approaches and topics in work identity literature to inform and guide future integration.

TL;DR: This article conducted a wide-ranging review of this literature with the aim of presenting an overarching framework that comprehensively summarizes and integrates the vast amount of recent research in this domain, drawing on their analysis of the empirical literature, they present an enhanced conceptual understanding of identity work.

TL;DR: In this article, the concept of "class work" is introduced and the cognitions and practices that members of different classes engage in when they come in contact with each other in cross-class encounters.

TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative survey among 203 US workers active on the microwork platform Amazon Mechanical Turk was conducted to analyze potential biases embedded in the institutional setting provided by on-demand crowdworking platforms and their effect on perceived workplace fairness.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue for a broadening of organizational communication scholarship through the consideration of meanings of work including meaningful work including job enrichment, work-life balance, career path, leisure, life satisfaction and so forth.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the micro-analytical strategies of identity formation among individuals attempting to transform their ascribed social-class position into an achieved social class position, and propose a set of strategies for identity formation.

TL;DR: The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration as mentioned in this paper, by Michele Lamont New York: Russell Sage Foundation and Harvard University Press, 2000.

TL;DR: The connection between education and the workplace, school and industry, is not in doubt as mentioned in this paper, but it is not always clear precisely how this link is forged or how it works in practice.