The lived experience of work and city rhythms : a rhythmanalysis of London's Square Mile / authored by Louise Nash (Essex Business School, UK).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nash, Louise, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work environment--England--London.

Work environment.

Quality of work life--England--London.

Quality of work life.

Psychology, Industrial--England--London.

Psychology, Industrial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

The Lived Experience of Work and City Rhythms looks at the working environment, with a focus on the geographical workplace and how this affects the experience of our working lives. It raises key questions such as: Does where we work affect our experience of work? What is the relationship between place and work? What is it like to work in a place dominated by a particular industry or sector? The book draws on empirical research carried out in the City of London - the heart of the UK's financial services sector. The 'Square Mile', as it is also known, is widely perceived to be a distinctive place because of its architecture, history, traditions, and culture. Exploring how the City is experienced as a workplace, this book also presents a method of researching such places through an attention to, and analysis of, their spatial and temporal rhythms. By illuminating how we experience the places where we work, this book explores what makes us feel that we fit in - or don't fit in - to certain places, how a sense of place endures, and how the relationship between people, place, and work can be researched.

Contents:

Introduction. Spatial settings and sites of organisation

Chapter 1. Myths, money and masculinities

Chapter 2. Seeing, sensing and subjectivity: Towards a rhythm-based method of research

Chapter 3. Routes, rhythms and reactions

Chapter 4. Coffees, conversations and confessions

Chapter 5. Pressure, performativity and precarity: The city as an organizing place conclusion. Reflections and directions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Nash, Louise The Lived Experience of Work and City Rhythms

ISBN:

9781839827587

1839827580

9781839827600

1839827602

OCLC:

1292065821