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Surviving in an economic recession: ‘game play’ in a Nigerian factory
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The economic crisis in Nigeria has been widely commented upon yet very few empirical studies of the subtle but complex responses by shop floor workers exist. These have tended to concentrate on workers’ militant action neglecting the equally important aspect of how workers actually cope. This article focuses on the strategy shop floor workers adopt in dealing with the recession as experienced by them at the workplace. It describes and analyses this strategy and concludes that it has the immediate effect of weakening further the solidary nature of shop floor lateral relations.
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