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New new technologies: the future and the present of work in information and communication technology
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This paper outlines a selection of technological and organisational developments in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and analyses their likely challenges for workers and trade unions around the globe. It addresses the convergence of telecommunications and information technology, the related developments of ubiquitous computing, ‘clouds’ and ‘big data’, and the possibilities of crowdsourcing and relates these technologies to the last decades' patterns of value chain restructuring. The paper is based on desk research of E uropean and international sources, on sector analyses and technology forecasts by, for instance, the E uropean U nion and O rganisation for E conomic C o‐operation and D evelopment, and some national actors. These prognoses are analysed through the lens of recent research into ICT working environments and ICT value chains, identifying upcoming and ongoing challenges for both workers and unions, and outlining possible research perspectives.
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“Accordingly, the generalised legacy in terms of tightened managerial control, cost cutting, intensification of work, Taylorist continuities, metrics and target obsession (Taylor 2019) is an inherited workplace eco-system, in which subsequent, 'new, new technologies' (Holtgrewe 2014) have been and are being implemented.”
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- Authors
- Holtgrewe, U.
- Venue
- New Technology, Work and Employment
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-03
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 9-24
- ISSN
- 0268-1072
- 1468-005X
- Cited by
- 171
- References
- 3
- Language
- en
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