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Method Sheet No. 1: Create a reading sheet for an article.

The reading report is an exercise primarily aimed at showing that you have read and
understood a scientific text. You must be able to report on the thesis of
the author, the progression of his demonstration, and to provide a reasoned critique of it. These
A few lines are here to help you.

Text choice

Choose a text that interests you or piques your curiosity. You have the opportunity to
draw from the attached list of proposed articles but you can also find,
discover, propose (by submitting your choice for validation) any item from
academic review dealing with work, employment (even professions or
organizations). In the field of sociology and more broadly the social sciences, the
The main journals are: Sociology of Work, Work and Employment (available online),
training / employment, French Review of Sociology, contemporary societies, Proceedings of the
Research in social sciences, Work, gender and societies, the social movement, Geneses
French Ethnology, French Management Review, Manage and Understand (Annals of Mines)
etc...
Most of these journals are freely accessible online at the following sites:
- [Link]
- [Link] numbers dating back 3 to 4 years or more)
Or on the journal websites directly (e.g., Work and Employment)
Or at the BU of UVSQ.
You have the option to choose a text related to the workplace, the organization,
sector of activity or the type of employment that you observe for survey work (and therefore in
link to the animal question). This way, you will be able to reinvest your work for the final file.

•Attentive reading of the text

Read the text actively by selecting the passages that pose problems for you or that
capture your attention. Highlight the strong ideas, identify the concepts used and their
definitions if applicable. Start by identifying the logical structure of the article. Reread it.
as many times as necessary.

Drafting and possible plan

In 4 or 5 typed pages, you must at least:

Recall the complete and exact references of the chosen article (this while respecting the
academic presentation standards (see bibliography sheet) and present the author.
Present the type of article (for example, if it is an investigation, specify on which)
The author relies on empirical material(s), his data collection method.
(observation, interviews, statistics, etc.).
Explain the subject of the article and the reasons for your interest in it.
Summarize the author's thesis (his response to a given issue).
Show by what reasoning or demonstration he arrives at this thesis.
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Then discuss this thesis in a reasoned manner using your own
sociological knowledge or by borrowing from literature (make appear the
bibliography). You can thus demonstrate, for example, the limits of the demonstration.
from the author, what she leaves in the shadows or on the contrary show that you have been
convinced by explaining why. The important thing here is to make criticisms
built with attention to the sources used (avoid Wikipedia).
Finish by explaining what this article has brought you, taught you.

Your plan must take these elements into account. Also, pay attention to your writing (everything must
to be written) and the layout (justify your text, use an appropriate font Times New
Roman 12 for example). Good job!

The choice of the article (with its complete references) is to be submitted to me for the
3emesession.
The individual reading report is to be submitted for the [Link].

Suggestions for articles for the reading report

Alter N., "Movement and Dyschronies in Organizations", The Sociological Year, Vol.
53, 2003.
Arborio A.M., "Profane knowledge and social expertise. The nursing assistants in the institution
"hospitality", Genèses no. 22, 1996.
Beaujolin-Bellet R., Cornolti C., Kuhn A., Moulin Y., "The shared anticipation of
restructurations put to the test of facts, Work and Employment No. 109, 2007.
Bonnet F., Internal theft: thefts committed by employees at their workplace.
Sociology of Work no.3, vol.49, 2007.
Bidet A., "What is real work? The case of a group of technicians", Societies
Contemporaries, No. 78, 2010.
Brochier D., "The control of workers' work by the workers: analyses based on observations"
participants, Sociology of Work no. 4, vol. 48, 2006.
Cartier M., " The small public service, a stable and separate world? The example of postal workers"
PTT of the Glorious Thirty, Contemporary Society No. 58, 2005.
Chabault V., "Between commerce and culture. The working practices of booksellers
from FNAC, Contemporary Societies, No. 67, 2007.
Charrier P., "Men among midwives. Towards an effect of segmentation?"
Contemporary Societies, No. 67 2007
Collard D., "Analyzing the skills of suburban mediators", Work and Employment No. 94,
2003.
Cousin O., "The construction of gender inequalities in the workplace. An analysis
of cases in metallurgy", Sociology of Work no.3, vol.49, 2007.
Coutrot T., "Social relations in companies: seeing noon at one's doorstep", Work and Employment
No. 66, 1996.
Dalla Pria Y., "Web design companies facing the scarcity of skills"
Work and Employment 108, 2006.
Darbus F., "Support for business creation. Self-employment and restructuring of
the wage condition", Acts of Research in Social Sciences, No. 175, 2008
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Dedieu F., "The race for 'great deals', the congruence of professional interests and
Organizational in the judicial police", Deviance and Society, vol 34, no. 3, 2010
Denis JM, "The SUD-PTT unionists: moral entrepreneurs?", Sociology of
work n°1, vol.49, 2003.
Denis J., "The Ordinary Prescription. Circulation and Enunciation of Rules at Work"
Sociology of Work No.3, Vol.49, 2007.
Divay S., "The precariousness of care or the evolutions of absenteeism management in a"
local hospital, Contemporary Societies, no. 77, 2010.
Djelic AM et Zarlowski P., "Business and Governance in France: Historical Perspectives and
recent developments, Sociology of Work, no. 4, vol. 47, 2005.
French Ethnology (journal), special issue "Worker Anthropology and Factory Surveys"
No. 87, 2001. (An article within the No.)
Desmond M., "Incompetent Dead", Acts of Research in Social Sciences, no. 165
2006.
Elguezabal E., 'On the moral division of control work in the Paris metro'
Deviance and Society, vol 34, no 2, 2010.
Gautier J., Godechot O., Sorignet E., "Institutional arrangement and functioning of the
labor market. The case of headhunting", Sociology of work no. 3, 2005.
Gautier J., "Sketch of Discriminating Police Power. An Interactionist Analysis of
frameworks of police experience," Deviance and Society, vol 34, no 2, 2010.
Gélot D., "The role of middle management in corporate training", Work
and employment°107, 2006.
Goffman E., The "distance to the role" in the operating room, Proceedings of Research in Sciences
social, no. 143, 2002.
Gollac M. et Volkoff S., "Work health and its masks", Proceedings of Research in
social sciences, no. 163, 2006.
Gollac M., Castel M.-J., Jabot F. and Presseq P., "From denial to trivialization. Note of
Research: On Mental Suffering at Work, Acts of Research in Social Sciences
No. 163, 2006.
Groux G., "Professional relationships and the principle of autonomy. The conflict as
regulation, The Sociological Year, Vol. 53, 2003.
Goudeaux A., Stroumza K. and Durand M., "Bringing about solidarities, skills and
identities in work relationships: analysis of the formative dimensions of activity
theater accessory designers, Education and Societies, no. 22, 2008.
Hatzfeld N., "Ergonomics, productivity, and wear at work. A decade of workshop debates at
Peugeot-Sochaux (1995 – 2005), Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales, no. 165, 2006.
Hély M., "For equal work, unequal pay: what working in the non-profit sector means
says, Contemporary Societies, no. 69, 2008.
Hugrée C. and Kern A.-L., "Observing tele-surveyors. The paradoxes of rationalization"
from statistical production,"Genèses; no. 72, 2008.
Jeannot G., "The Ambiguous Professions of Rural Development", Sociology of Work no.1, vol.47,
2005.
Jounin N., "Work safety taken over by the management. When the workers of
building confronts danger clandestinely, Acts of Research in Social Sciences
No. 165, 2006.
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Jouvenet M., "The career of artists and the transformations of musical production."
Work relations and relationship to work in the world of rap and electronic music.
Sociology of Work No. 4, Vol. 49, 2007.
Jouzel JM, "Burdening victims. Why do occupational diseases remain
socially invisible in France?" Sociology of Work No. 1, 2009.
Lamante AM, "The transformations of the labor market: an insight from analysis"
discrepancies between supply and demand in a localized production system", Sociology of
work n°1, vol.47, 2005.
Lemaire S., Specialization and distinction in a police station. Ethnography of a
segmentary institution, Contemporary Societies, no. 78, 2008.
Loriol M., "Giving meaning to the complaint of fatigue at work", The Sociological Year, Vol.
53, 2003.
Loriol M., Boussard V. and Caroly S., "The resistance to the psychologization of difficulties in
work. The case of public highway police officers, Acts of Research in Social Sciences
2006/4, 165, pp. 106-113.
Lorrain D., "The global-local firm: Lyonnaise des eaux (1980-2004)," Sociology of
work no. 3, vol. 47, 2005.
Mathieu-Fritz A., "The changes in the profession of bailiff since the years
70, Sociology of Work No. 1, vol. 48, 2006.
Omnès C., The three phases of female employment: realities and representations, The Year
sociological, vol. 53, 2003.
Pavis F. and Garcia-Parpet M.-F., "Investigating the Employer Worlds", Societies
contemporaries, no. 68, 2007.
Peneff J., " The beginnings of participant observation or the first sociologists in factories "
Sociology of Work No. 38, 1996.
Péroumal F., "The precarious and illegitimate world of security agents", Proceedings of research
in social sciences, n°175, 2008.
Peyrin A., "The social uses of precarious employment in cultural institutions. The case
museum mediators", Contemporary Societies No. 67, 2007.
Pialoux M., "Alcohol and politics in the workshop. A body shop in the decade
80 »,Genesis No. 7, 1992.
Pruvost G., "The dynamics of professions in the face of feminization: the ascent
atypical of female commissioners," Sociology of Work no. 1, vol. 49, 2007.
Pruvost G., "The production of a controlled narrative: the effects of note-taking during interviews and
from professional socialization. The case of a survey in the police," Language & society,
No. 12, 2008.
Proteau L. and Pruvost G., "Standing out in order professions. (military, police, prison,
private security), Contemporary Societies, no. 72, 2008.
Ravaud G., "The European Employment Strategy: A Labor Supply Policy"
Work and Employment°107, 2006.
Ravet H., "Becoming a Clarinetist. Women's Careers in a Male Environment", Proceedings of the
Social Sciences Research No. 168, 2007.
Rot Gwenaëlle, "Industrial Fluidity, Organizational Fragility", French Review of
Sociology, no. 4, 2002.
Sainsaulieu I., "Collective Belongings in the Hospital", Sociology of Work No. 1 Vol. 48,
2006.
Salman S., "Fortune of a category: suffering at work among occupational physicians"
Sociology of Work No.1, Vol. 50, 2008
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Segrestin D., "The relevant communities of collective action", French Review of
sociology°21, 1979.
Segrestin D., "The company tested by market standards. The paradoxes of the new
management standards in industry", French Review of Sociology 38 (3), 1997.
Serre D., "Social workers facing their mandate to monitor families. Des
Divided professions, Deviance and society, vol 34, no 2, 2010.
Sorignet P.-E., "Dancing Beyond Pain", Proceedings of Research in Social Sciences
No. 163, 2006.
Thébaud-Mony A., "Professional stories and cancer", Proceedings of research in sciences
social, no. 163, 2006.
Thibault M., "RTM agent rather than worker, security?", Proceedings of research in
social sciences n°175 ? 2008.
Vergely P., "The expression of technical dysfunction in oral interactions of
work, Language & society, no. 125, 2008
Vézina M., Bourbonnais R., Brisson C. and Trudel L., "Defining Risks. Research Note:"
On the prevention of mental health issues, Proceedings of research in sciences
sociales n°163, 2006.
Volkoff S., "Show" the hardship: the professional path of garbage collectors, Proceedings of the
Social Sciences Research No. 163, 2006.
Weller J.-M., "Administrative work, law, and the principle of proximity", The Year
sociologique2003/2, Vol. 53, p.
431-458.
Zalio P.-P., "The entrepreneurs investigated by career narratives: from the study of worlds
patronal to that of the grammar of entrepreneurial activity," Contemporary Societies,
No. 68, 2007.
Contemporary Societies (journal), special issue "Fieldwork and Observation of
behaviors" No. 40, 2000 (an article within No.)
Terrain (review), special issue, "Working in the factory" no. 39, September 20002 (same)
Work and Employment (review), file: "Work Today: Insights from Ergonomists and
sociologists » no. 94, April 2003 (an article among the no.)