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Won't Get Fooled Again? Theorising Discursive Constructions of Novelty in the 'New' World of Work

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  • Jeremy Aroles

    (School for Business and Society, University of York, University of York [York, UK])

  • Aurélie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • John Hasard

    (Alliance MBS - Alliance Manchester Business School - University of Manchester [Manchester])

  • William M Foster

    (University of Alberta)

  • Edward Granter

    (Birmingham Business School - University of Birmingham [Birmingham])

Abstract

This article outlines how notions of novelty define today's work practices and debates whatthe discursive construction of work as 'new' means. On the one hand, we highlight a misplaced emphasis on change and novelty that can lead to unnecessary dichotomization in the characterisation and discursive construction of work practices and organizational phenomena.On the other, we specify substantive continuities in a range of strategic, organizational and employment arrangements. As such, we contend that a critical evaluation of key characteristics of contemporary work reveals that they are often not unique. Instead, these characteristics reflect the extending, rebranding or reshaping of measures and processes fashioned in earlier forms of value production. Ultimately, we theorise how the promotion of the 'new' world of work reflects structures and practices somehow altered in appearance, yet still analogous in substance, to those found in the traditional employment and production fabric of organizations.

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  • Jeremy Aroles & Aurélie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte & John Hasard & William M Foster & Edward Granter, 2024. "Won't Get Fooled Again? Theorising Discursive Constructions of Novelty in the 'New' World of Work," Post-Print hal-04845366, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04845366
    DOI: 10.1177/09500170241300948
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