Space, Place and Global Digital Work
Jorg Flecker (Ed.)
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Description for Space, Place and Global Digital Work
Hardback. Editor(s): Flecker, Jorg. Series: Dynamics of Virtual Work. Num Pages: 271 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 14 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
This edited volume seeks to enhance our understanding of the concepts of space and place in the study of digital work. It argues that while digital work is often presented as 'placeless', work always takes place somewhere with a certain degree of local embeddedness. Contributors to this collection address restructuring processes that bring about delocalised digital work and point out limitations to dislocation inherent in the work itself, and the social relations or the physical artefacts involved. Exploring the dynamics of global ... Read more
This edited volume seeks to enhance our understanding of the concepts of space and place in the study of digital work. It argues that while digital work is often presented as 'placeless', work always takes place somewhere with a certain degree of local embeddedness. Contributors to this collection address restructuring processes that bring about delocalised digital work and point out limitations to dislocation inherent in the work itself, and the social relations or the physical artefacts involved. Exploring the dynamics of global ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Dynamics of Virtual Work
Condition
New
Weight
481g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137480866
SKU
V9781137480866
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Ref
99-15
About Jorg Flecker (Ed.)
Joerg Flecker is a professor of sociology and head of the sociology department at the University of Vienna, Austria. For more than 15 years he has worked on delocalization of ICT-enabled work and restructuring of service value chains.
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