Working at Webboyz: An Analysis of Control over the Software Development Labour Process.
This article explores how management constructs strategies to control the labour-process of software development, through a case study of a small Australian software development company, Webboyz Pty Ltd. This firm employs mainly young, male software developers to develop internet tools and e-commerc...
| Published in: | Sociology Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 777 - 795 |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
October 2004
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