New Technologies at Work : People, Screens and Social Virtuality
Christina. Garsten
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford : : Berg Publishers, , 2003.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (262 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preliminaries; Contents; 1. Living with New (Ideals of) Technology; 2. The Computer as a Focus of Inattention; 3. Digital Ditches; 4. Real-time, Real-place Market; 5. Mobile Workplacing; 6. Claiming the Future; 7. Networking as a Form of Life; 8. Mainstream Rebels:; 9. Steps on Screen; 10. Screening the Classroom; 11. Open-Source Software Development as Gift Culture; Index. - Information and communication technologies have completely revolutionized our working practices. Career patterns, professional identities, speed of communication, time management, and mobility have been irrevocably changed in an amazingly short perio d. Drawing on worldwide case studies, this fascinating book explores these transformations and looks to what developments are in store for us in the future. Flexible hours, email, virtual meetings rooms, and working from home are all relatively new a dditions to our professional lives. The effects of these technological advances have been dramatic
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| Emner | Electronic data processing personnel - Supply and demand - United States
Employees - Effect of technological innovations on - United States Information society - United States Information technology - Economic aspects - United States Vis mer... Internet - Economic aspects - United States
Telecommuting - United States Employees - Effect of technological innovations on - United States - Case studies. Business & Economics Labor & Workers' Economics teknologisk endring arbeidskultur arbeidsantropologi datakommunikasjon datateknologi datamaskiner antropologi sosialantropologi |
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| ISBN | 1859736440. - 1859736491
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