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This book is a collection of essays written by various authors including the editors of the collection, Phoebe V. Moore, Martin Upchurch, and Xanthe Whittaker. These essays deal with the current topics of monitoring of workers in the new gig economy, digitalization of the work, and use of big data for the restructuring of the workforce. This book examines how new forms of surveillance are being adopted into contemporary work. It draws from original empirical research engaging with existing and emerging fields of social inquiry and discusses the occurrence of surveillance and new forms of measurement of work in a range of industries.
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Kulkarni, S.B. Review of Humans and Machines at Work: Monitoring, Surveillance, and Automation in Contemporary Capitalism by Phoebe V. Moore, Martin Upchurch, and Xanthe Whittaker. J Bus Ethics 161, 237–241 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04304-7
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