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.