Neformální praxe a prostředí byrokracie: role habitu při formování rezistence

This paper examines tactics of resistance among Czech welfare state bureaucrats. I argue that traditional perspectives on worker resistance underplay the role of the employees in the formation of the resistance. The workers choose forms of their resistance on the basis of their habitus and the characteristics of the organizational environment. This balanced approach inspired by the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu helps to deepen the understanding of everyday employee resistance and workplace politics.