The Internet, Organizational Change and Labor: The Challenge of Virtualization

by David C. D. Jacobs, Joel Yudken

Overview

As we devote increasing amounts of time time at work and at home to the Internet and computer networks, our daily lives are dramatically being reshaped. We are better informed and can work more efficiently, yet there is anxiety about the security of our jobs. Examining what is happening to work, organizations and unions in the a

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134490806
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/31/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	345 KB

About the Author

David C. D. Jacobs, Joel Yudken

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Goals and Methodology 2. Technology and Dystopia 3. Industrial Revolutions 4. Economizing, Sociologizing and Praxis 5. Technology, Social Choice and History 6. Labor Problems 7. Industry Stories 8. Open Source and 'Social Intelligence' 9. Internet Unionism 10. Desktop Enterprise and the Revival of Craft 11. Conclusions