03736nam 2200661Ia 450 991083007990332120230207230747.01-4443-0966-81-282-13932-097866121393211-4443-0967-6(CKB)2420000000004709(EBL)428280(SSID)ssj0000354494(PQKBManifestationID)11273866(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354494(PQKBWorkID)10313217(PQKB)11364515(MiAaPQ)EBC428280(OCoLC)352862985(EXLCZ)99242000000000470920080104d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMobile work, mobile lives[electronic resource] cultural accounts of lived experiences \ /Tracy L. Meerwarth, Julia C. Gluesing, and Brigitte Jordan, volume editorsMalden, Mass. Blackwell Pub.20081 online resource (159 p.)NAPA bulletin ;30Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-9433-2 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction : tracking the context of mobile lives /Tracy L. Meerwarth, Julia C. Gluesing, and Brigitte Jordan --Community, context, and the presentation of self in distributed workplace interaction /Michael Youngblood --Living a distributed life : multilocality and working at a distance /Brigitte Jordan --Occupational websites as locations for remote and mobile worker culture : an examination of temporary worker websites /Loril M. Gossett --Identity in a virtual world : the coevolution of technology, work, and lifecycle /Julia C. Gluesing --Remote or mobile work as an occasion for (re)structuring professional and personal identities /Perri Strawn --Disentangling patterns of a nomadic life /Tracy L. Meerwarth --Located mobility : living and working in multiple places /Amy Goldmacher --Interruptions and intertasking in distributed knowledge work /Patricia G. Lange --Conclusion : patterns of mobile work and life /Julia C. Gluesing, Tracy L. Meerwarth, and Brigitte Jordan --Biosketches of authors.With the ever-increasing functionalities of information and communication technologies, as well as the spatial and temporal transformations brought about by shifts in global work patterns, mobile work has become more important than ever to workers and employers. The objective of this volume is to illustrate through narratives the patterns of mobility that are altering the meaning of work and how work is positioned with respect to the rest of life. The contributors to this volume are anthropologists who not only study remote, nomadic, and mobile workers but who are also remote, nomadic, and mobNAPA bulletin ;30.FlextimeSocial aspectsTemporary employmentSocial aspectsTelecommutingSocial aspectsFlextimeSocial aspects.Temporary employmentSocial aspects.TelecommutingSocial aspects.331.2572331.544QV 020rvkMeerwarth Tracy L984992Gluesing Julia C984993Jordan Brigitte984994National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (U.S.)American Anthropological Association.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830079903321Mobile work, mobile lives2250761UNINA