The company we keep : occupational community in the high-tech network society /
At the birth of the Internet Age, computer technologists in small, aggressive software development companies became part of a unique networked occupational community. They were creative, team-oriented, and enthusiastic workers who built ""boundaryless careers, "" hopping from one...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | At the birth of the Internet Age, computer technologists in small, aggressive software development companies became part of a unique networked occupational community. They were creative, team-oriented, and enthusiastic workers who built ""boundaryless careers, "" hopping from one employer to another. In his absorbing ethnography The Company We Keep, sociologist Daniel Marschall immerses himself in IntenSivity, one such technological workplace. Chronicling the employees' experiences, Marschall examines how these workers characterize their occupational culture, share values. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (204 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781439907573 1439907579 9781439907559 1439907552 |