Gregg, Melissa, 1978-

Work's intimacy / Melissa Gregg. - xii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-198) and index.

Pt. I. The connectivity imperative: business responses to new media -- Selling the flexible workplace: the creative economy and new media fetishism -- Working from home: the mobile office and the seduction of convenience -- Part-time precarity: discount labor and contract careers -- pt. II. Getting intimate: Online culture and the rise of social networking -- To CC: or not to CC: teamwork in office culture -- Facebook friends: security blankets and career mobility -- Know your product: online branding and the evacuation of friendship -- pt. III. Looking for love in the networked household -- Home offices and remote parents: family dynamics in online households -- Long hours, high bandwidth: negotiating domesticity and distance -- On call -- Conclusion: Labor politics in an online workplace--the lovers vs. the loveless.

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Work environment--Social aspects
Employees--Effect of technological innovations on
Work environment--Technological innovations
Work-life balance
Quality of work life.

HD6955 / .G744 2011

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