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200 00$aIn an outpost of the global economy $ework and workers in India's information technology industry /$fedited by Carol Upadhya and A.R. Vasavi
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aDelhi ;$aLondon $cRoutledge$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (284 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 08$a0-415-45680-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; In an Outpost of the Global Economy: Work and Workers inIndia's Information Technology Industry; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Outposts of the Global Information Economy: Work and Workers in India's Outsourcing Industry; 2 Producing the Knowledge Professional: Gendered Geographies of Alienation in India's New High-tech Workplace; 3 Betwixt and Between? Exploring Mobilities in a Global Workplace in India; 4 Management of Culture and Managing through Culture in the Indian Software Outsourcing Industry
327   $a5 The Scientific Imperative to be Positive: Self-reliance and Success in the Modern Workplace6 Software Work in India: A Labour Process View; 7 Empowerment and Constraint: Women, Work and the Family in Chennai's Software Industry; 8 'Serviced from India': The Making of India's Global Youth Workforce; 9 Work Organisation, Control and 'Empowerment': Managing the Contradictions of Call Centre Work; Editors; Contributors; Index
330   $aWhile much has been written on the growth of information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services in India, little is known about the people who work in these industries, about the nature of the work itself, and about its wider social and cultural ramifications. The papers in this collection combine empirical research with theoretical insight to fill this gap and explore questions about the trajectory of globalization in India. The themes covered include: (a) sourcing and social structuring of the new global workforce; (b) the work process, work culture, regimes of control and resistance in 
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