Information society and the workplace : spaces, boundaries and agency / / edited by Tuula Heiskanen and Jeff Hearn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815202103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-48457-7; 0-415-43986-8; 0-203-40265-0; 1-280-07468-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in technology, work and organizations ; ; 1
• Altri autori (Persone): HeiskanenTuula; HearnJeff
• Disciplina: 303.48/33
• Soggetti: Information society; Industrial sociology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-225) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Information Society and the Workplace; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface: paradoxes of information, society and workplaces; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1. Spaces, places and communities of practice: Tuula Heiskanen; Part II: The creation of spaces; 2. Bounded or empowered by technology? Information system specialists' views on people's freedom within technology: Tarja Tiainen; 3. Gendered local agency: the development of regional information society: Marja Vehviläinen; 4. Empty spaces without knowledge and management: Riitta Kuusinen; Part III: Working and living in spaces5. The dynamics of control and commitment in IT firms: Sirpa Kolehmainen; 6. Virtualizing the office: micro-level impacts and driving forces of increased ICT use: Pernilla Gripenberg; 7. Women and technological pleasure at work?: Päivi Korvajärvi; 8. Fulfilment or slavery? The changing sense of self at work: Riitta Lavikka; 9. In search of boundaries: changing boundaries in and through teleworking: Riikka Kivimäki; Part IV: Concluding discussion; 10. Information society, agency and identity positions: Tuula Heiskanen; Postscript: information societies are still societies: Jeff ; HearnReferences; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Much has been written on the grand prospects for ""Information Society""; much less on what this might mean in everyday terms. So what do we find when we look at what is happening in a society, Finland, that is one of closest to an information society? Bringing together studies of everyday local practices in workplaces within information society, this book has a special focus on social space and the agency of actors. It includes both theoretical reviews and detailed qualitative research. It also highlights the political challenges of the information society, challenges which are likely to beco