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Social Games and Identity in the Higher Education Workplace: Playing with Gender, Class and Emotion
Michelle Addison
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Description for Social Games and Identity in the Higher Education Workplace: Playing with Gender, Class and Emotion
Hardback. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; JMS; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
We all play games at work - but have you ever wondered how your identity becomes bound up with game playing? This book is about employees in the Higher Education workplace and it provides an interpretation of why people act the way they do at work as an expression of game playing. It offers an insight into how people try to adapt and fit in at work by looking at how value is attached to certain identities through the lens of class and gender. The figure of the 'chav', the 'emotional woman', 'The Grafter', and 'Mrs. Bucket', are explored in ... Read more
We all play games at work - but have you ever wondered how your identity becomes bound up with game playing? This book is about employees in the Higher Education workplace and it provides an interpretation of why people act the way they do at work as an expression of game playing. It offers an insight into how people try to adapt and fit in at work by looking at how value is attached to certain identities through the lens of class and gender. The figure of the 'chav', the 'emotional woman', 'The Grafter', and 'Mrs. Bucket', are explored in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
413g
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137518026
SKU
V9781137518026
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Ref
99-15
About Michelle Addison
Michelle Addison is Research Associate/Project Manager at the Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, UK, and is currently focused on public health and issues connected to multiple social inequalities.
Reviews for Social Games and Identity in the Higher Education Workplace: Playing with Gender, Class and Emotion
Michelle Addison's Social Games and Identity in the Higher Education Workplace: Playing with Gender, Class and Emotion ... is a well-written book by an early career researcher that explores game-playing in British universities and the effects of class and gender stratifications on our workplace identities. With a sophisticated theoretical framework, this book is essential reading for all of us who ... Read more