The book, Le travail, une valeur en voie de disparition, describes the evolution of philosophical and moral approaches to work over time. How it was disregarded by the greeks, etc...
The three important aspects of work being alienation because of its forced, repetitive aspects ; personal development through the necessity of acting on reality ; and involvement in the social world through the collective aspects of employment. Although well managed companies try to develop and make the latter two aspects of work seem important to induce qualified worker retention, it is hard to hide they only want labour, not people, and thus I feel the first aspect is still the most striking... Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
It also seems she has written an English language, journal article version, but it's not free access (maybe ManFromMidleTown would have access? why can social scientists learn about Arxiv?). Maybe you can obtain it from her... Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
