Autore	Ross Peter K.
Edizione	[First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bingley : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Disciplina	302
Collana	The changing context of managing people
Soggetto topico	Organizational sociology - 21st century Work environment - 21st century Personnel management Corporate culture Business & Economics - Human Resources & Personnel Management Office & workplace
ISBN	1-78714-982-X 1-78714-577-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover -- Work in the 21st Century -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: Work in the 21st Century: How do I Log on? -- Coverage and Structure of the Book -- Section 1: The Changing Work Environment -- Section 2: Entrepreneurship: Self-Employment in Globally Competitive Product and Labor Markets -- Section 3: Global Virtual Labor Markets and the Rise of the Machines -- Conclusions: Emerging Changes and Future Directions? -- Section 1: The Changing Work Environment -- Chapter 1 Spatial Design, Worker Productivity, and Well-Being -- 1.1. The Physical Work Environment and Spatial Design -- 1.1.1. The Open-Plan Workplace -- 1.1.2. Activity-Based Working: Free Addressing/Hot Desking -- 1.1.3. The Segmented Office? -- 1.1.4. Third Places/Public Realm -- 1.2. Collaboration -- 1.3. Enhancing Employee Well-Being and Productivity -- 1.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Work as a Thing You Do, Not a Place You Go - Technological Versus Geographical Proximity -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Toward a "Mobile" Workforce -- 2.3. Telework and Flexible Work Practices -- 2.3.1. Women Workers -- 2.4. New Ways of Working, Work/Life Balance, and Well-Being -- 2.4.1. Physical Workspace -- 2.4.2. ICTs: Technical versus Operational Issues -- 2.4.3. Organization and Management -- 2.4.4. Culture -- 2.5. Conclusions -- Chapter 3 Coworking - Because Working Alone Sucks! -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The Rise of Coworking -- 3.2.1. Coworking as an Alternative to Teleworking from Home -- 3.3. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Section 2: Entrepreneurship: Self-employment in Globally Competitive Product and Labor Markets -- Chapter 4 Born Global? SME Entrepreneurship in a Cloud Context -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Cloud Computing and Entrepreneurship -- 4.2.1. Cloud Computing. 4.2.2. Cloud Drivers -- 4.2.3. Entrepreneurship and Innovation -- 4.2.4. "Born Global" versus "Born Again Global" -- 4.2.5. Reduced Entry and Opportunity Costs -- 4.2.6. Innovation and Collaboration -- 4.3. Cloud Computing Challenges -- 4.4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 5 Overcoming Labor Market Disenfranchisement: Entrepreneurship, Women, and Migrant Workers -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Women, Migrants, and Entrepreneurship -- 5.2.1. Contribution of Migrant Entrepreneurial Activity -- 5.3. Limitations to Entrepreneurship -- 5.3.1. Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture -- 5.3.2. Business Environment and Institutions -- 5.3.3. Human and Social Capital -- 5.4. Entrepreneurship as Empowering -- 5.4.1. ICT Access and the Digital Divide -- 5.5. Conclusion -- Section 3: Global Virtual Labor Markets and the Rise of the Machines -- Chapter 6 Global Virtual Labor Markets: The "Human Cloud" and Offshore Employee Leasing -- 6.1. The Outsourcing and Offshoring Context -- 6.1.1. Offshoring and Outsourcing -- 6.2. The Human Cloud and Offshore Employee Leasing -- 6.2.1. The Human Cloud -- 6.2.2. Offshore Employee Leasing (OEL) -- 6.3. The Social Impacts of Global Virtual Labor Markets (GVLMs) -- 6.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Data Driven Management, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation -- 7.1. Big Data -- 7.2. Data Analytics and Decision-Making -- 7.3. Artificial Intelligence and Automation -- 7.3.1. Social and Labor Market Impacts -- 7.3.2. A Universal Basic Income? -- 7.4. Conclusion -- Conclusion: Emerging Changes and Future Directions? -- The Cloud as a Facilitator of Change -- Workplace and Labor Market Themes -- The Changing Work Environment -- Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment -- GVLMs and the Rise of the Machines -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Authors -- Index.
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