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Worker resources as capital in computer home-based work.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Worker resources as capital in computer home-based work.
Author:	Bellavance, Diane M.
Description:	185 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Michael Brown.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-01, Section: A, page: 0377.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-01A.
Subject:	Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3039561
ISBN:	0493527117

Worker resources as capital in computer home-based work.
Bellavance, Diane M.

Worker resources as capital in computer home-based work.[electronic resource] - 185 p.

Adviser: Michael Brown.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northeastern University, 2002.

Computer home based work, defined as computer employment occurring within, not outside of the home, has dramatically increased. This increase has been attributed to the Internet, improved technology, corporate downsizing because of global competition and the desire that men and women balance the values of work and family.

ISBN: 0493527117Subjects--Topical Terms:

212661
Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations.

Worker resources as capital in computer home-based work.
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520 # $a Computer home based work, defined as computer employment occurring within, not outside of the home, has dramatically increased. This increase has been attributed to the Internet, improved technology, corporate downsizing because of global competition and the desire that men and women balance the values of work and family.
520 # $a Due to the nature of this study, an ethnographic research approach is used. Because of financial limitations, a criteria non-random sample of fifteen couples was attained through personal and professional contacts. E-mail survey and follow-up home visits were also used to investigate how husbands and wives use their home based worker resources, i.e., time and space, as capital.
520 # $a However, there is a contrasting assumption that, computer home based work is just another “sweatshop industry,” that ought to be regulated or banned. According to this belief, computer home based male workers benefit more than computer home based female workers, particularly, if there are children, elders or disabled persons, who require care within the home. But, it is also said that this sort of work disproportionately benefits employers, since it reduces fringe benefits and easily leads to piece-work.
520 # $a Results from this study are specific to the “criteria sample” and may not be generalizable to other types of computer home based workers. However, this information may still be used by public policy-makers, corporate decision-makers, work and family theorists and families who fit the research criteria and are considering computer home based work or starting a computer home based business.
520 # $a The purpose of this study is to explore the socioeconomic impact of computer home based work on dual income husbands and wives and their family members. Apart from addressing the omissions of earlier computer home based work studies, which mainly focused on female heads of households or professional males, this research focuses on married couples who work in the home and have a dependent family member(s) (child, parent or disabled person) living with them.
520 # $a This type of work appears to offer an ideal alternative to the unemployed, and to men and women wishing to spend more time with their families. For women, it can mean being worker, mother and wife in the same place. For men, it can mean not only being a worker, but also taking on a stronger role as father and husband.
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