Working the Phones : control and resistance in call centres / / Jamie Woodcock

• Autore: Woodcock Jamie
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Pluto Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 pages)
• Disciplina: 331.7613811
• Soggetto topico: Call centers
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Working in the Call Centre 3. Management 4. Moments of Resistance 5. Precarious Organisation 6. Conclusion Notes References Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Call centres have become a near-ubiquitous site of employment in our late capitalist world, with over a million people working there in the United Kingdom alone. The call centre has become synonymous with low-paid, high-stress work under dictatorial supervision and precarious contracts. In this book, Jamie Woodcock draws on time spent employed in a non-unionised call centre to take the public beyond anecdotal impressions to a true picture of what work is like there. Focusing in particular on methods of control and resistance within the highly regulated environment, Woodcock shows how call centres have become sadly emblematic of the post-industrial service economy.
• Altri titoli varianti: Working the phones
• Titolo autorizzato: Working the phones
• ISBN: 1-78680-015-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910476793703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II