Gleadle, Pauline; Hodgson, Damian and Storey, John
(2012).
The ground beneath my feet: projects, project management and the intensified control of R&D engineers.
New Technology Work and Employment, 27(3)
pp. 163–177.
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Abstract
This paper examines the erosion of autonomy among R&D engineers in a global IT company and the ways in which they responded. Over a 14-year period, we examine the changing regime of control as knowledge workers in this firm are increasingly subjected to increased project and portfolio management interventions. Drawing on extended interviews, we consider the propensity of such knowledge workers to challenge, subvert or else acquiesce to these enhanced control mechanisms. The idea of the project, we argue, plays a critical role in affording meaning and security and informing their responses.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, |
| ISSN: |
1468-005X |
| Keywords: |
R&D; work control; knowledge work; surveillance; technology |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Open University Business School |
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| Item ID: |
34502 |
| Depositing User: |
John Storey
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| Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2012 09:33 |
| Last Modified: |
22 May 2013 11:11 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/34502 |
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