Smiling Down the Line : Info-Service Work in the Global Economy Paperback / softback
by Bob Russell
Part of the Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy series
Paperback / softback
Description
Just as textile mills and automotive assembly plants have symbolized previous economic eras, the call centre stands as a potent reminder of the importance of information in contemporary economies.
Bob Russell's Smiling Down the Line theorizes call centre work as info-service employment and looks at the effects of ever-changing technologies on service work, its associated skills, and the ways in which it is managed.
Russell also considers globalization and contemporary managerial practices as centres are outsourced to poorer countries such as India and as new forms of management are introduced, refined, and discarded. Invoking extensive labour force surveys and interviews from Australia and India, Russell examines employee representation, work intensity, stress, emotional labour, and job skills in the call centre work environment.
The cross-national approach of Smiling Down the Line highlights the effects of globalization and scrutinizes the similarities and differences that exist in info-service work between different industries and in different countries.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 2 b&w illustrations, 23 b&w tables
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:12/09/2009
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- ISBN:9781442609815
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Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 2 b&w illustrations, 23 b&w tables
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:12/09/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781442609815
