Invisible labor: hidden work in the contemporary world

"Demographic and technological trends have yielded new forms of work that are increasingly more precarious, globalized, and brand centered. Some of these shifts have led to a marked decrease in the visibility of work or workers. This edited collection examines situations in which technology and...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Crain, Marion G. (HerausgeberIn), Poster, Winifred R. (HerausgeberIn), Cherry, Miriam A. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California University of California Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:"Demographic and technological trends have yielded new forms of work that are increasingly more precarious, globalized, and brand centered. Some of these shifts have led to a marked decrease in the visibility of work or workers. This edited collection examines situations in which technology and employment practices hide labor within the formal paid labor market, with implications for workplace activism, social policy, and law. In some cases, technological platforms, space, and temporality hide workers and sometimes obscure their tasks as well. In other situations, workers may be highly visible...indeed, the employer may rely upon the workers' aesthetics to market the branded product...but their aesthetic labor is not seen as work. In still other cases, the work occurs within a social interaction and appears as leisure...a voluntary or chosen activity...rather than as work. Alternatively, the workers themselves may be conceptualized as consumers rather than as workers. Crossing the occupational hierarchy and spectrum from high- to low-waged work, from professional to manual labor, and from production to service labor, the authors argue for a broader understanding of labor in the contemporary era. This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach that integrates perspectives from law, sociology, and industrial/labor relations"...Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:xiv, 311 Seiten
ISBN:9780520286405
9780520287174