The Internet, organizational change and labor

The challenge of virtualization

David C. Jacobs, Joel Samuel Yudken

176 pages, parution le 07/08/2003

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Résumé

The Internet and computer networks are dramatically reshaping the workplace as we devote more time both at work and at home to using the Internet. We are better informed and can work more efficiently, yet there is anxiety about the security of our jobs. The Internet, Organizational Change, and Labor examines what is happening to jobs, organizations, and unions in the age of the Internet, revealing both the opportunities and dangers for workers in the digital age.

This book explores the Internet's impact on organizations and labor from an interdisciplinary perspective. It looks at how the new digital technologies affect the number and quality of jobs, shape cultural change, and influence the prospects for union revival. Overall, it concludes that the Internet reduces transaction costs and thereby aids profit-making, but also assists workers, consumers, and citizens in challenging business practices.

This is a balanced analysis of the Internet aided workplace. Unlike many enthusiasts of e-commerce, this book identifies dangers in the Internet-driven enterprise, such as contingent employment, employee monitoring, and job loss. It also explores the potential benefits for employees, proposing possible strategies for reforming the economy.

The emerging virtual economy
- Between utopia and dystopia
- One, two, many industrial revolutions
- The Wizard of Oz and the jobs dilemma
- E-business and the virtual organization
- Jobs in the virtual economy

The Internet, social intelligence, and labor
- Labor problems
- Social intelligence, open source, and craft
- Internet unionism and labor-friendly enterprise

Notes
Index

L'auteur - David C. Jacobs

David C. Jacobs is Professor of Economics and Management at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, USA. He is co-editor of The Future of the Safety Net: Social Insurance and Employee Benefits tor the Industrial Relations Research Association.

L'auteur - Joel Samuel Yudken

Joel Samuel Yudken, Ph.D. is Sectoral Economist and Technology Policy Analyst in the Public Policy Department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	David C. Jacobs, Joel Samuel Yudken
Parution	07/08/2003
Nb. de pages	176
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	320g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415269995
ISBN13	978-0-415-26999-5