03814nam 2200649Ia 450 991045081270332120200520144314.00-415-43986-80-203-40265-01-280-07468-X(CKB)1000000000250902(EBL)178867(OCoLC)56092581(SSID)ssj0001146049(PQKBManifestationID)12487292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001146049(PQKBWorkID)11123758(PQKB)11466322(MiAaPQ)EBC178867(Au-PeEL)EBL178867(CaPaEBR)ebr10101210(CaONFJC)MIL7468(EXLCZ)99100000000025090220030620d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInformation society and the workplace[electronic resource] spaces, boundaries and agency /edited by Tuula Heiskanen and Jeff HearnLondon ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (242 p.)Routledge studies in technology, work and organizations ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-203-41139-0 0-415-27223-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-225) and index.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 KuusinenPart 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 HeiskanenPostscript: information societies are still societies: Jeff HearnReferences; IndexMuch 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 becoRoutledge studies in technology, work and organizations ;1.Information societyIndustrial sociologyElectronic books.Information society.Industrial sociology.303.48/33Heiskanen Tuula915840Hearn Jeff557448MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450812703321Information society and the workplace2053091UNINA