News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change by Timothy Marjoribanks

News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change



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News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change Timothy Marjoribanks
Language: English
Page: 232
Format: pdf
ISBN: 052177280X, 9780521772808
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Review

'... the study provides a valuable contribution to the discussion of one of the major technological changes in the late twentieth century. It also sets the case studies well in their political and industrial relations context and illuminates how technological change strategies in News Corporation evolved differently at the workplace level.' International Journal of Employment Studies

Book Description

This book examines technological innovation and workplace restructuring carried out by News Corporation in its newspaper holdings in Britain, the United States and Australia. Timothy Marjoribanks finds that while some outcomes at various local sites were similar, many were dramatically different. His study reveals that existing social relations in a particular location have a major impact on workplace reforms. Significantly, it emphasises the importance of analysing the connections between events occurring locally, nationally and globally if we are to understand the growing influence of corporate actors such as News Corporation.