Wired to the World Chained to the Home Telework in Daily Life

Gurstein, Penny

ISBN 10: 0774808470 / ISBN 13: 9780774808477

Editore: UBC Press, Vancouver BC, 2001

246 pages. previous bookstore's sticker on first page, otherwise looks almost as new. ; 6 x 9 ". Codice articolo 71824

Riassunto:

How does working at home change people’s activity patterns, social networks, and their living and working spaces? Will telecommuting solve many of society’s ills, or create new ghettos?

Penny Gurstein combines a background in planning, sociology of work, and feminist theory with qualitative and quantitative data from ten years of original research, including in-depth interviews and surveys, to understand the impact of home-based work on daily life patterns. She analyzes the experiences of employees, independent contractors, and self-employed entrepreneurs, and presents significant findings regarding the workload, mobility, differences according to work status and gender, and the tensions in trying to combine work and domestic activities in the same setting.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Penny Gurstein is an associate professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning and chair of the Centre for Human Settlements at the University of British Columbia.

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Titolo: Wired to the World Chained to the Home ...
Casa editrice: UBC Press, Vancouver BC
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Near Fine