Employee identity in Indian call centres: the notion of professionalism
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Beteilige Person: Noronha, Ernesto (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi, India Response 2009
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Call centres as workplaces -- The call centre industry in India -- The research process -- Professionalism as lived experience -- Professionalism and the reinvention of the trade union movement -- Professionalism contested -- Final word
Based on a series of qualitative inquiries exploring employee experiences of work in international facing call centres in Mumbai and Bangalore, India, this book presents the lived experience of call centre agents, coupled with managers' perspectives and trade unionists' viewpoints. The book underscores how employee identity is defined by the notion of professionalism. Inculcated in agents by employer organizations, professional identity is invoked as a means of gaining employee commitment to the realization of organizational goals in a bid to ensure competitive advantage. While professional id
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 184 pages)
ISBN:8132102592
9788132100799
9788132102595