Work's Intimacy

by Melissa Gregg

Book Overview

This book provides a long-overdue account of online technology and its impact on the work and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves between the offices and homes of workers in the new "knowledge" economy to provide intimate insight into the personal, family, and wider social tensions emerging in today's rapidly changing work environment.

Drawing on her extensive research, Gregg shows that new media technologies encourage and exacerbate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745650287
• ISBN13: 9780745650289
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"