Work's intimacy
By: Melissa Gregg
Publisher: Polity; Polity Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780745650272; 9780745650289
Subjects: Intimsphäre; Work environment; Arbetsmiljö; Soziales Netzwerk; Effect of technological innovations on; Telearbeit; Employees; Mobile Computing; Conditions de travail; Arbetstrivsel; Arbeitsplatz; Sociala aspekter; Arbetstagare; Milieu de travail; Technological innovations; Arbeitssoziologie; Quality of work life; Social aspects; Tekniska innovationer; Travail et vie personnelle; Technischer Fortschritt; Persönlichkeitsrecht; Work-life balance
Description: This title provides an account of online technology and its impact on the work and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves between the offices and homes of today's salaried professionals to provide an intimate insight into the personal, family and wider social tensions faced by workers in today's work environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index.

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Table of contents: title: pt. I. The connectivity imperative : business responses to new media. Selling the flexible workplace : the creative economy and new media fetishism; title: Working from home : the mobile office and the seduction of convenience; title: Part-time precarity : discount labor and contract careers; title: pt. II. Getting intimate : Online culture and the rise of social networking. To CC : or not to CC : teamwork in office culture; title: Facebook friends : security blankets and career mobility; title: Know your product : online branding and the evacuation of friendship; title: pt. III. Looking for love in the networked household. Home offices and remote parents : family dynamics in online households; title: Long hours, high bandwith : negotiating domesticity and distance; title: On call; title: Conclusion : Labor politics in an online workplace; title: the lovers vs. the loveless.