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Author:   Jeff Hearn (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administation, Helsinki. Finland) ,  Tuula Heiskanen (The University of Tampere, Finland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   No. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780415272230

ISBN 10:   0415272238
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   20 November 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Spaces, Places and Communities of Practice, Tuula Heiskanen; Part 2 The Creation of Spaces; Chapter 2 Bounded or Empowered by Technology?, Tarja Tiainen; Chapter 3 Gendered Local Agency, Marja Vehviläinen; Chapter 4 Empty Spaces Without Knowledge and Management, Riitta Kuusinen; Part 3 Working and Living in Spaces; Chapter 5 the Dynamics of Control and Commitment in It Firms, Sirpa Kolehmainen; Chapter 6 Virtualizing the Office, Pernilla Gripenberg; Chapter 7 Women and Technological Pleasure at Work?, Päivi Korvajärvi; Chapter 8 Fulfilment or Slavery?, Riitta Lavikka; Chapter 9 In Search of Boundaries, Riikka Kivimäki; Part 4 Concluding Discussion; Chapter 10 Information Society, Agency and Identity Positions, Tuula Heiskanen; Chapter 11 Postscript, Jeff Hearn;

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Tuula Heiskanen is Research Director of the Work Research Centre, a unit of multidisciplinary working life studies in the Research Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland. She has studied professional and industrial work, work organizations in both public and private sectors, and both male- and female-dominated organizations. She is co-editor of Gendered Practices in Working life (1997). Jeff Hearn is Research Professor in Sociology at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and Academy Fellow and Professor at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland. His interest in information society comes particularly from research on gender, sexuality, violence and ICTs. He is co-author of Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Organizations (2001).

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