Phone Clones : Authenticity Work in the Transnational Service Economy /

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"Transnational customer service workers are an emerging touchstone of globalization given their location at the intersecting borders of identity, class, nation, and production. Unlike outsourced manufacturing jobs, call center work requires voice-to-voice conversation with distant customers; pa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mirchandani, Kiran, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2012.
Temas:
Call center agents > India > Social conditions.
Service industries workers > India > Social conditions.
Customer services > Social aspects > India.
International business enterprises > Social aspects > India.
Intercultural communication > India.
Identity (Psychology) > India.
Services (Industrie) > Personnel > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Service à la clientèle > Aspect social > Inde.
Identité (Psychologie) > Inde.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
Customer services > Social aspects
Identity (Psychology)
Intercultural communication
International business enterprises > Social aspects
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the authentic clone
  • Transnational customer service : a new touchstone of globalization
  • Language training : the making of the deficient worker
  • Hate nationalism and the outsourcing backlash
  • Surveillance schooling for professional clones
  • "Don't take calls, make contact!" : legitimizing racist abuse
  • Being nowhere in the world : synchronous work and gendered time
  • Conclusion : authenticity work in the transnational service economy.

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