1. Erasmus (1956
) is a classic -- and still useful -- overview of work
groups. Saul's (1983) economic analysis of group labor in a Voltaic (now
Burkinabe) village is one of the best-known case studies in Africa.
2. See M.P. Stone et al. (1995) on the
gendered division of labor in Kofyar agriculture.
3. See:
- Netting (1993) on the importance of skilled labor in intensive farming
- Netting et al. (1989:308) and Stone et al. (1990) on skilled labor in
Kofyar agriculture
- Erasmus (1956:456) on problems in quality of festive labor
- Ensminger (1992:112-120) on agency theory and the problem of
quality of work.
3. See:
- Wilk and Netting (1984) on simple vs. complex and linear vs.
simultaneous labor demands in agricultural systems
- Jochim (1991) on a closely related discussion of simultaneous and
spatial variability in hunter-gatherer systems
4. See: - Kowal and Kassam
(1978) and
Richards (1985) on ecological complementarity between millet and sorghum
- Stone et al. (1990) and Norman et al. (1982) on effects of ecological
complementarity on labor demands