ISBN:
9781629580968
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Anthropology and business Volume 2
Series Statement:
Anthropology and Business Ser. v.2
Parallel Title:
Print version Intimacy at work
DDC:
302.3/5
Keywords:
Work environment
;
Work-life balance
;
Social media
;
Information technology Social aspects
;
Personal Internet use in the workplace
;
Cell phones Social aspects
;
Right to privacy
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"According to some social critics, the digital age involves a retreat into the isolation of intelligent machines. Acclaimed scholar Stefana Broadbent takes another view, that digital technologies allow people to bring their private lives into the often alienating world of work. Through ethnographic evidence and data gathered from large samples in Europe and the U.S., Intimacy at Work looks at a paradox in modern life: Although human beings today spend so much of their waking hours working, they remain increasingly connected to family and friends--because of digital and social media. This book -shows how portable communications sustain personal networks offering a sense of identity, comfort, support, and enjoyment in the workplace; -demonstrates through numerous case studies that digital technologies provide a kind of "safety net" in times of economic crisis, softening the precariousness of existence; -is a revised edition of a volume published in French Travail, 2011), which won the prestigious AFCI Prize for books on business communications"--
Abstract:
"According to some social critics, the digital age involves a retreat into the isolation of intelligent machines. Acclaimed scholar Stefana Broadbent takes another view, that digital technologies allow people to bring their private lives into the often alienating world of work. Through ethnographic evidence and data gathered from large samples in Europe and the U.S., Intimacy at Work looks at a paradox in modern life: Although human beings today spend so much of their waking hours working, they remain increasingly connected to family and friends-because of digital and social media. This book -shows how portable communications sustain personal networks offering a sense of identity, comfort, support, and enjoyment in the workplace; -demonstrates through numerous case studies that digital technologies provide a kind of "safety net" in times of economic crisis, softening the precariousness of existence; -is a revised edition of a volume published in French (L'intimité au travail, 2011), which won the prestigious AFCI Prize for books on business communications"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Some Characteristics of Digital Communication; Chapter 2: How Digital Channels Are Supporting Intimacy; Chapter 3: Intimacy at Work; Chapter 4: Communication, Productivity, and Trust; Chapter 5: Accidents, Distraction, and Private Communication; Chapter 6: Conclusions: Communication and Attention; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction Chapter 1: Some Characteristics of Digital Communication Chapter 2: Channels for Relationships Chapter 3: Intimacy at Work Chapter 4: Communication, Productivity, and Trust Chapter 5: Accidents, Distraction, and Private Communication Chapter 6: Conclusions: Communication and Attention References Index About the Author
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