Smiling down the line info-service work in the global economy /

Russell, Bob, 1950-

Smiling down the line info-service work in the global economy / Bob Russell. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) - Studies in comparative political economy and public policy .

Includes bibliographies and index.

New workplaces : the call centre -- The call-centre case studies -- Making a new occupation -- The call-centre labour process (1) : the division of labour, work effort, and job skill -- The call-centre labour process (2) : technological selection and the means of communication in info-service work -- HRM and call-centres : culture and identities -- Globalizing info-service work : outsourcing to India -- Discontent, resistance, and organizing in info-service work.



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Call center agents--Employment.
Call center agents--Social conditions.
Call centers--Management.


Electronic Books.

HE8788 / .S655 2009