Working online, living offline

Labour in the Internet Age

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2013
The Merlin Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85036-616-7 (ISBN)

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It is often argued that 'digital labour' or 'virtual work' is fundamentally different from traditional forms of labour carried out offline, with 'work' and 'play' collapsed together to become 'playbour' and new forms of value creation that do not fit traditional economic models. But however 'immaterial' their labour processes, workers still have bodies that become exhausted and require feeding and housing in the 'real' economy. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical research, this collection takes a critical look at how online work can be theorised and categorised (including revisiting concepts of 'deskilling' developed in the 1970s). It also analyses how the development of online work has meshed with broader trends in organisational restructuring to erode traditional employment norms, time structures and models of behaviour at work, placing new stresses on offline daily life.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.9.2013
Reihe/Serie	Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation ; 7/1
Zusatzinfo	black & white illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	237 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
ISBN-10	0-85036-616-X / 085036616X
ISBN-13	978-0-85036-616-7 / 9780850366167
Zustand	Neuware