Günther Wachtler

Günther Wachtler (* 1944 ) is a German sociologist .

Life

From 1966 to 1971 Wachtler studied sociology , economics and social psychology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He then worked as a research assistant at the Munich Institute for Sociology and at the Collaborative Research Center 101 around Karl Martin Bolte . From 1976 to 1986 he was a scientific advisor at the Social Science Institute of the Bundeswehr (SOWI) in Munich. In 1978 he started with Bolte at the political science faculty of the University of Munich with the dissertation humanization of work and industrial sociology. A sociological analysis of historical ideas about humane work design for Dr. rer. pole. PhD. In 1986 he became professor for sociology and social psychology at the University of Wuppertal ; he retired in the winter semester 2009/10. His research focus is work , organizational and industrial sociology .

Humanization of work and industrial sociology. A sociological analysis of historical ideas about humane work design . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart a. a. 1979, ISBN 3-17-005165-2 .
with Wolfgang Littek , Werner Rammert (eds.): Introduction to work and industrial sociology. Campus, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1982, ISBN 3-593-32548-9 .
Military, war, society. Texts on military sociology . Campus, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1983, ISBN 3-593-33278-7 .
with Petra Sabine Wagner : Retired work. Company strategies and personal motives for gainful employment in old age . Leske and Budrich, Opladen 1997, ISBN 3-8100-1648-9 .
with Heike Franzke , Jörg Balcke : The ability of companies to innovate in the face of aging workforces . Research institute of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung , department of labor and social research, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-86077-629-0 .
with Paul Klein , Andreas Prüfert (ed.): The military at the center of social science research. Articles and bibliography. The work of Ekkehard Lippert (= military and social sciences . Volume 21). Nomos, Baden-Baden 1998, ISBN 3-7890-5577-8 .
with Ulla Hendrix , Claudia Abendroth : Outsourcing and employment. The consequences of cross-company cooperation for the design of work . Hampp, Munich a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-87988-785-3 .
with Fritz Böhle , G. Günter Voss (Hrsg.): Handbuch Arbeitsoziologie . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-15432-9 .