Description
With contributions from over 20 leading scholars from across the globe, this new book brings together a number of papers that have been presented at the annual International Labour Process Conference, at which the conference theme 'Working Revolutions: Revolutionising Work' provided the inspiration for many of the chapters included in this volume. Grounded in Labour Process Theory, the text examines how digital technologies impact on work and organisations and provides a rigorous account of the technological, organizational and work related changes in both the new digital industries and in the traditional service and manufacturing sectors. The book covers many of the most significant contemporary issues and subjects in the field, including the representation of women in IT, workplace cyberbulling, virtualisation and the video games industry. This book is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students studying modules related to technology and work, as well as modules in work sociology on sociology degree programmes.
About the Author
Kendra Briken is a Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde Business School, UK Shiona Chillas is a Lecturer in the School of Management at the University of St. Andrews, UK Martin Krzywdzinski is Head of the Project Group Globalization, Work and Production at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany Abigail Marks is Professor of Work and Employment Studies at Heriot- Watt University, UK.
Reviews
Briken, Chillas, Krzywdzinski and Marks offer a timely look at the impact of emerging technology and digitisation in the workplace, with research that spans multiple countries and industries ... The inclusion of a broad range of case studies ... will be relevant for students of both technology and work ... book provides an internationally oriented and timely look at how new technologies are altering the workplace, with a specific eye towards the tension between efficiency-driven capital and outcomes for workers. * Rebecca Downes, Labour and Industry, Vol. 24 (3) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781137610133
Author Kendra Briken
Format Paperback
Page Count 271
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 491g
About the Author
Kendra Briken is a Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde Business School, UK Shiona Chillas is a Lecturer in the School of Management at the University of St. Andrews, UK Martin Krzywdzinski is Head of the Project Group Globalization, Work and Production at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany Abigail Marks is Professor of Work and Employment Studies at Heriot- Watt University, UK.
Reviews
Briken, Chillas, Krzywdzinski and Marks offer a timely look at the impact of emerging technology and digitisation in the workplace, with research that spans multiple countries and industries ... The inclusion of a broad range of case studies ... will be relevant for students of both technology and work ... book provides an internationally oriented and timely look at how new technologies are altering the workplace, with a specific eye towards the tension between efficiency-driven capital and outcomes for workers. * Rebecca Downes, Labour and Industry, Vol. 24 (3) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781137610133
Author Kendra Briken
Format Paperback
Page Count 271
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 491g
