Humans and Machines at Work

Monitoring, Surveillance and Automation in Contemporary Capitalism

Nonfiction, Computers, Internet, Security, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
Cover of the book Humans and Machines at Work by , Springer International Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9783319582320
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: October 6, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9783319582320
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: October 6, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This edited collection provides a series of accounts of workers’ local experiences that reflect the ubiquity of work’s digitalisation. Precarious gig economy workers ride bikes and drive taxis in China and Britain; call centre workers in India experience invasive tracking; warehouse workers discover that hidden data has been used for layoffs; and academic researchers see their labour obscured by a ‘data foam’ that does not benefit them. These cases are couched in 

historical

accounts of identity and selfhood experiments seen in the Hawthorne experiments and the lineage of automation. This book will appeal to scholars in the Sociology of Work and Digital Labour Studies and anyone interested in learning about monitoring and surveillance, automation, the gig economy and the quantified self in the workplace.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This edited collection provides a series of accounts of workers’ local experiences that reflect the ubiquity of work’s digitalisation. Precarious gig economy workers ride bikes and drive taxis in China and Britain; call centre workers in India experience invasive tracking; warehouse workers discover that hidden data has been used for layoffs; and academic researchers see their labour obscured by a ‘data foam’ that does not benefit them. These cases are couched in 

historical

accounts of identity and selfhood experiments seen in the Hawthorne experiments and the lineage of automation. This book will appeal to scholars in the Sociology of Work and Digital Labour Studies and anyone interested in learning about monitoring and surveillance, automation, the gig economy and the quantified self in the workplace.

More books from Springer International Publishing

Cover of the book Clinical Management of Pregnancies following ART by
Cover of the book Modest Nonconceptualism by
Cover of the book Theory and Applications of Non-integer Order Systems by
Cover of the book Research Trends in Mathematics Teacher Education by
Cover of the book Communism and Nationalism in Postwar Cyprus, 1945-1955 by
Cover of the book The Illegal Business of Human Trafficking by
Cover of the book Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods by
Cover of the book Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing by
Cover of the book L2-Gain and Passivity Techniques in Nonlinear Control by
Cover of the book Fairy Tales and Fables from Weimar Days by
Cover of the book Ultimate Performance Analysis Tool (uPATO) by
Cover of the book Seminal Contributions to Modelling and Simulation by
Cover of the book Implementing a Basic Income in Australia by
Cover of the book Digital Simulation in Electrochemistry by
Cover of the book Human Centered Computing by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy