03808nam 2200661Ia 450 991081520210332120240405052325.01-134-48457-70-415-43986-80-203-40265-01-280-07468-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 spaces, boundaries and agency /edited by Tuula Heiskanen and Jeff Hearn1st ed.London ;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 sociologyInformation society.Industrial sociology.303.48/33Heiskanen Tuula1701917Hearn Jeff557448MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815202103321Information society and the workplace4086021UNINA