Information Society and the Workplace: Spaces, Boundaries and Agency

Bringing together studies of everyday local practices in workplaces within information society, this book has a special focus on social space and the agency of actors. it includes both theoretical reviews and qualitative research.

Preface: Paradoxes of information, society and workplaces, Jeff Hearn Part One: Introduction 1. Spaces, places and communities of practice, Tuula Heiskanen Part Two:The Creation of Spaces 2. Bounded or empowered by technology? Information system specialists' views on people's freedom within technology, Tarja Tiainen 3. Gendered local agency: the development of regional information society, Marja Vehvilainen 4. Empty spaces without knowledge and management, Riitta Kuusinen Part Three: Working and Living in Spaces 5. The dynamics of control and commitment in high-tech IT firms, Sirpa Kolehmainen 6. Virtualizing the office: micro-level impacts and driving forces of increased ICT use, Pernilla Gripenberg 7. Women and technological pleasure at work? Paivi Korvajarvi 8. Fulfillment or slavery? The changing sense of self at work, Riitta Lavikka 9. In search of boundaries:Changing boundaries in and through teleworking, Riikka Kivimaki Part Four: Concluding Discussion 10. Information society, agency and identity positions, Tuula Heiskanen Postscript: Information societies are still societies, Jeff Hearn