Rose , Michael , b 1937 , Professor , industrial sociologist

Professor Michael Rose is a Visiting Professor in Social Research on Economic Life at the University of Bath. He has published numerous books and articles on subjects including employee satisfaction, trade union support in the UK, and skill and the work ethic, including Industrial behaviour (Allen Lane, London, 1975), Reworking the work ethic (Batsford, London, 1985), and French industrial studies (Saxon House, Farnsborough, 1977). The research in this collection, which was funded by the ESRC, was published as Servants of Post-Industrial Power? Sociologie du Travail and Modern French Socio-Political Structure (Macmillan, London, 1979). The purpose of the study was to present, characterise and explain the organisation and structure of the sociology of industry, work and organisations in postwar France.