Outsourcing and Digitized Work Spaces: Some Implications of the Intersections of Globalization, Development, and Work Practices

Autor/in	Smith, Beatrice Quarshie
Titel	Outsourcing and Digitized Work Spaces: Some Implications of the Intersections of Globalization, Development, and Work Practices
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 49 (2006) 7, S.596-607 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-3004
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Global Approach; Sustainable Development; Economic Development; Information Technology; Developing Nations; Vocational Adjustment; Labor Market; Work Environment; Employment Practices; Telecommunications; Teleworking; Economic Impact; Workplace Literacy; Foreign Countries; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Informationstechnologie; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Personalanpassung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmilieu; Berufspraxis; Telekommunikationstechnik; Telework; Telearbeit; Ökonomische Determinanten; Ausland
Abstract	Drawing on an ongoing project examining the literacies prevalent at an outsourcing site, this article explores the changing nature of workplace practices enabled by new information and communication technologies. It also examines the complex geopolitical dynamics of these practices, the discourses of development, and globalization. The author identifies the tensions and contradictions that the demands for "new" work and new work practices create for communities as they seek access to the benefits of globalization. The key arguments of the article are that: (1) Cyber work and its practices in these new locations have social, cultural, and political implications; (2) Workplace studies must move beyond studies of how technologies are shaping work in industrialized economies if we are going to understand work in the 21st century; and (3) Research and advocacy offers communities possibilities for creating work spaces that are helpful to sustainable development but which also mitigate some of the consequences of globalization. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10