A Note on the Nature of Collar

Abstract

The question of the nature of the collar is pursued drawing on results generated in the field of social ontology as well as on observations from history. In this chapter, it can be tried to seek what the nature of collar is, this is a central question for social theory, not least economics and human resources. Tony Lawson (2019, p. 1, 2021) has recently developed a theory of social positioning “… which is the social phenomena are everywhere constituted by or within process through which social totalities are formed or emerge.” The central idea of the theory of social positioning is that social relations are ultimately power relationships, which structure how social phenomena are organized. This chapter further explores this idea by conceptualizing power drawing on the theory of social positioning. Collar is a social phenomenon and associated with certain kind of structure which is social classes in this chapter. This structure will be taken as a class relation in Marxist approach as it is known, this relation is about power. In this framework, the question of the nature of collar needs to be explained with social positioning theory.

Citation

Araz, B. and Tuzun, I.K. (2023), "A Note on the Nature of Collar", Paliszkiewicz, J. and Varoğlu, D. (Ed.) Management and Organizational Studies on Blue- and Gray-collar Workers: Diversity of Collars (International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 8), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 159-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-233320230000008015