Awards

• Winner of K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press 2001 (Canada)

Overview

How does working at home change people's activity patterns, social networks, and their living and working spaces? How will it change the way we plan houses and communities in the future? Will telecommuting solve many of society's ills, or create new ghettos? Gurstein combines a background in planning, sociology of work, and feminist theory, with qualitative and quantitative data from ten years of original research, including in-depth interviews and surveys, to understand the socio-spatial impact of home-based work on daily life patterns. She analyzes the experiences of teleworkers including employees, independent contractors, and self-employed entrepreneurs, and presents significant findings regarding the workload, mobility, the distinct differences according to work status and gender, and the tensions in trying to combine work and domestic activities in the same setting. As organizational structures, technology, and family priorities continue to change, the often overlooked phenomenon of teleworkers has important implications on everything from employment policies to community planning and design.

Full Product Details

Author:   Penny Gurstein
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780774808460

ISBN 10:   0774808462
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 September 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Telework As Restructured Work 2. Profiling the Teleworker: Contextualizing Telework 3. Working at Home and Being at Home: Blurred Boundaries 4. A Strategy of a Dispensable Workforce: Telework in Canada 5. Localizing the Networked Economy: A Vancouver Case Study 6. ""I Don't Have a Home, I Live in My Office"": Transformations in the Spaces of Daily Life 7. Convergence: Telework As Everywhere, Every Time 8. Conclusion Appendices A. Survey Instrument of California Study: Interview Schedule for Study on Social and Environmental Impact of Working at Home B. Survey Instrument of Canadian Survey: Telework and Home-Based Employment Survey C. Respondent Occupations, California Study D. Respondent Occupations, Canadian Survey Notes Bibliography Index"

Reviews

""Wide-ranging and objective... makes a significant contribution to the field. William Michelson, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

Wide-ranging and objective... makes a significant contribution to the field. William Michelson, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

"""Wide-ranging and objective... makes a significant contribution to the field. William Michelson, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto"

Author Information

Penny Gurstein is Associate Professor at UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning and Chair of the Centre for Human Settlements where she specializes in urban design and the socio-cultural aspects of community planning.

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