Location independent working in academia

Lee, A, Di Domenico, M and Saunders, MNK (2014) Location independent working in academia Journal of Workplace Rights, 17 (4). pp. 425-442.

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Abstract

In this article, we consider the extent to which the practice of location independent working (LIW) enables academic employees to make choices and have agency in their life-work balance, and the extent to which it may support (or potentially be used as a form of resistance to) increased managerial control. Set within the context of an increasingly performance-led, managerialist public sector landscape, the impact and implications of these working practices are examined through the lens of labour process theory. Drawing on findings from an ongoing in-depth ethnographic study set in a post-1992 university business school in central England, we suggest that the practice of LIW is being used both to enable employees and to support managerial control.

Item Type:	Article
Authors :	Authors Email ORCID Lee, A UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Di Domenico, M UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Saunders, MNK UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Date :	1 October 2014
Identification Number :	https://doi.org/10.2190/WR.17.3-4.k
Depositing User :	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited :	28 Mar 2017 13:14
Last Modified :	28 Mar 2017 13:14
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/806598

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