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Working space: why incorporating the geographical is central to theorizing work and employment practices

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  • Andrew Herod

    (University of Georgia, USA, aherod@uga.edu)

  • Al Rainnie

    (Leicester University, UK, s.mcgrath-champ@econ.usyd.edu.au)

  • Susan McGrath-Champ

    (University of Sydney, Australia)

Abstract

Theorists of work and employment (W&E) practices should more seriously engage with literatures concerning how space is constitutive of social praxis. Rather than simply serving as a stage upon which social life is played out or being merely a reflection of social relations, the construction of the economic landscape in particular ways is fundamental to how social systems function. Struggles over space are a central dynamic in W&E practices as different actors engage with the economic landscape to ensure their 'geographical vision' is emplaced in that landscape. Furthermore, conflicts over W&E practices frequently revolve around the spatial (re)scaling of such practices (as when collective bargaining is 'decentralized'). Consequently, an important key to better theorizing W&E practices is understanding how the various spatial scales at which these operate are socially constructed and discursively represented.

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  • Andrew Herod & Al Rainnie & Susan McGrath-Champ, 2007. "Working space: why incorporating the geographical is central to theorizing work and employment practices," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 21(2), pages 247-264, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:21:y:2007:i:2:p:247-264
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    1. Anne-Laure Saives & Brigitte Charles-Pauvers & Nathalie Schieb-Bienfait & Basile Michel, 2016. "Placeness and Organisational Socialisation: Influences of Place for Employees of Creative and Cultural Micro-Enterprises [Lugar y socialización organizacional: razones de la localización de los tra," Post-Print hal-01649863, HAL.

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