Working Time, Knowledge Work and Post-Industrial Society
Author | : A. O'Carroll |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2015-03-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137318480 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137318481 |
Rating | : 4/5 (481 Downloads) |
Download or read book Working Time, Knowledge Work and Post-Industrial Society written by A. O'Carroll and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are living in the age of imagination and communication. This book, about the new ways time is experienced and organised in post-industrial workplaces, argues that the key feature of working time within knowledge, and other workplaces, is unpredictability, creating a culture that seeks to insert acceptance of unpredictability as a new 'standard'.