Working Online, Living Offline: Labour in the Internet Age (Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 085036616X ISBN 13: 9780850366167

Publisher: Analytica Publications, 2013

Synopsis

It is often argued that 'digital labour' or 'virtual work' is fundamentally different from traditional forms of labour carried out offline, with 'work' and 'play' collapsed together to become 'playbour' and new forms of value creation that do not fit traditional economic models. But however 'immaterial' their labour processes, workers still have bodies that become exhausted and require feeding and housing in the 'real' economy. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical research, this collection takes a critical look at how online work can be theorised and categorised (including revisiting concepts of 'deskilling' developed in the 1970s). It also analyses how the development of online work has meshed with broader trends in organisational restructuring to erode traditional employment norms, time structures and models of behaviour at work, placing new stresses on offline daily life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Analytica Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 085036616X
• ISBN 13: 9780850366167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162
• Editor: Huws Ursula