ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Wired to the World, Chained to the Home : Telework in Daily Life.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774850094
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wired to the World, Chained to the HomeDDC classification:
  • 306.36
LOC classification:
  • HD2336.3 -- .G87 2001eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Wired to the World, Chained to the Home -- 1 Telework As Restructured Work -- 2 Profiling the Teleworker: Contextualizing Telework -- 3 Working at Home and Being at Home: Blurred Boundaries -- 4 A Strategy of a Dispensable Workforce: Telework in Canada -- 5 Localizing the Networked Economy: A Vancouver Case Study -- 6 "I Don't Have a Home, I Live in My Office": Transformations in the Spaces of Daily Life -- 7 Convergence: Telework As Everywhere, Every Time -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix A California Study on the Social and Environmental Impact of Working at Home -- Appendix B Canadian Telework and Home- Based Employment Survey -- Appendix C Respondent Occupations, California Study -- Appendix D Respondent Occupations, Canadian Survey -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Will working from home solve many of society's ills, or create new ghettos? This book analyzes the experiences to look at workload, mobility, work status and gender to understand the implications of telecommuting on employment policies, community planning and daily life patterns.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Wired to the World, Chained to the Home -- 1 Telework As Restructured Work -- 2 Profiling the Teleworker: Contextualizing Telework -- 3 Working at Home and Being at Home: Blurred Boundaries -- 4 A Strategy of a Dispensable Workforce: Telework in Canada -- 5 Localizing the Networked Economy: A Vancouver Case Study -- 6 "I Don't Have a Home, I Live in My Office": Transformations in the Spaces of Daily Life -- 7 Convergence: Telework As Everywhere, Every Time -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix A California Study on the Social and Environmental Impact of Working at Home -- Appendix B Canadian Telework and Home- Based Employment Survey -- Appendix C Respondent Occupations, California Study -- Appendix D Respondent Occupations, Canadian Survey -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Will working from home solve many of society's ills, or create new ghettos? This book analyzes the experiences to look at workload, mobility, work status and gender to understand the implications of telecommuting on employment policies, community planning and daily life patterns.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.