TY - GEN T1 - Despotism on demand : how power operates in the flexible workplace A1 - Wood, Alex J., 1985- LA - English PP - Ithaca PB - ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press YR - 2020 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1111640237 AB - "Experiences of paid work have shifted radically over the last 30 years with the rise of flexible scheduling and the gig economy. In this book, Alex Wood attempts to provide an updated account of power in this changing economy. With in-depth case studies of two of the largest retail businesses in the world, one in the United States and one in the United Kingdom, he sheds light on a new despotic mode of domination in which managers discipline workers through reducing the quantity, stability, and sociability of their hours. In turn workers must continually strive to maintain their manager's favor in the hope of receiving 'schedule gifts', the granting of additional hours and the rearranging of schedules. Workers experience the operation of flexible scheduling as acts of kindness. As such, schedule gifts bind workers to their managers' interests through feelings of gratitude and moral obligation. In this way precarious scheduling gives rise to what is a new regime of power for the on-demand economy"-- OP - 178 CN - HD5109.2.G7 W64 2020 SN - 9781501748905 SN - 1501748904 SN - 9781501748899 SN - 1501748890 SN - 9781501748875 SN - 9781501748882 KW - Flexible work arrangements : Great Britain. KW - Flexible work arrangements : United States. KW - Hours of labor : Great Britain. KW - Hours of labor : United States. KW - Precarious employment : Great Britain. KW - Precarious employment : United States. KW - Industrial relations : Great Britain. KW - Industrial relations : United States. KW - Conditions de travail flexibles : Grande-Bretagne. KW - Conditions de travail flexibles : États-Unis. KW - Travail précaire : Grande-Bretagne. KW - Travail précaire : États-Unis. KW - Relations industrielles : Grande-Bretagne. KW - Relations industrielles : États-Unis. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations KW - Flexible work arrangements KW - Hours of labor KW - Industrial relations KW - Precarious employment KW - Great Britain KW - United States KW - Electronic book. ER -