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Information Society and the Workplace Prof Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administation, Helsinki. Finland)

Information Society and the Workplace By Prof Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administation, Helsinki. Finland)

Information Society and the Workplace by Prof Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administation, Helsinki. Finland)

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Bringing together studies of everyday local practices in workplaces within information society, this book has a special focus on social space and the agency of actors. it includes both theoretical reviews and qualitative research.

Information Society and the Workplace Summary

Information Society and the Workplace: Spaces, Boundaries and Agency by Prof Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administation, Helsinki. Finland)

This book looks at the impact of globalisation and technology on the workplace and how individuals and firms respond to it - a subject which is becoming of increasing international concern

It includes both theoretical reviews and detailed qualitative research

The book uses case studies from Finland, which is at the forefront of changes in the information society and technology

About Prof Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administation, Helsinki. Finland)

Tuula Heiskanen is Research Director of the Work Research Centre, a unit of multidisciplinary working life studies in the Research Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland. She has studied professional and industrial work, work organizations in both public and private sectors, and both male- and female-dominated organizations. She is co-editor of Gendered Practices in Working life (1997).
Jeff Hearn is Research Professor in Sociology at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and Academy Fellow and Professor at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland. His interest in information society comes particularly from research on gender, sexuality, violence and ICTs. He is co-author of Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Organizations (2001).

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Spaces, Places and Communities of Practice, Tuula Heiskanen; Part 2 The Creation of Spaces; Chapter 2 Bounded or Empowered by Technology?, Tarja Tiainen; Chapter 3 Gendered Local Agency, Marja Vehvilainen; Chapter 4 Empty Spaces Without Knowledge and Management, Riitta Kuusinen; Part 3 Working and Living in Spaces; Chapter 5 the Dynamics of Control and Commitment in It Firms, Sirpa Kolehmainen; Chapter 6 Virtualizing the Office, Pernilla Gripenberg; Chapter 7 Women and Technological Pleasure at Work?, Paivi Korvajarvi; Chapter 8 Fulfilment or Slavery?, Riitta Lavikka; Chapter 9 In Search of Boundaries, Riikka Kivimaki; Part 4 Concluding Discussion; Chapter 10 Information Society, Agency and Identity Positions, Tuula Heiskanen; Chapter 11 Postscript, Jeff Hearn;

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GOR012681758
9780415272230
0415272238
Information Society and the Workplace: Spaces, Boundaries and Agency by Prof Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administation, Helsinki. Finland)
Prof Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administation, Helsinki. Finland)
Routledge Studies in Technology, Work and Organizations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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