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Temporality, space and technology: time‐space discourses of call centres
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Yasmin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.2012.00275.x
Subject(s) - temporality , negotiation , space (punctuation) , multitude , agency (philosophy) , spacetime , sociology , space time , computer science , epistemology , social science , engineering , chemical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system , philosophy
This paper considers time‐space discourses within grand theories that have shaped the trajectory of research on call centres. A critical approach to telework needs to consider temporal and spatial configurations and space creation as a negotiation between a multitude of factors including capital, culture and human agency.