Equal opportunities international. Volume 26, Number 8, Global knowledge workers.

Format:

Book

Series:

Equal Opportunities International - Volume 26, Issue 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in employment.

Women--Employment.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalisation can be defined as the way that world trade, culture and technologies have become rapidly integrated over the last twenty years or so. The world economy seems to depend to some extent on a new breed of workers, namely 'knowledge workers', in order to meet demands for labour that are brought about by globalization, as argued my many scholars. How knowledge is defined and who belongs in the category of 'knowledge workers' have been the object of various debates over the years. The concept of 'global knowledge workers' denotes unlimited (global) mobility and availability for 'the rig

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Global knowledge work and workers; Diversity learning, knowledge diversity and inclusion; Political support for women entrepreneurs; Social positioning of equal opportunity actors in Austria; Is Indian software workforce a case of uneven and combined development?; Cultural differences in motivating global knowledge workers; Exploring highly educated refugees' potential as knowledge workers in contemporary Britain; Disconnecting knowledge from the knower; Practising knowledge workers: perspectives of an artist and economist; Book reviews

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-14352-9

9786611143527

1-84663-729-5

OCLC:

301611247