Working the Night Shift Women in India's Call Center Industry

Name: Working the Night Shift Women in India's Call Center Industry
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ISBN: 9780804769143

ISBN-10: 0804769141

ISBN-13: 9780804769143

Edition: 2010

Authors: Reena Patel

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Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale, globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center industry. At the same time, night shift employment presents women, in particular, with new challenges alongside the opportunities. This book explores how beliefs about what constitutes "women's work" are evolving in response to globalization. Working the Night Shiftis the first in-depth study of the transnational call center industry that is written from the point of view of women workers. It uncovers how call center employment affects their lives, mainly as it relates to the anxiety that Indian families and Indian society have towards women going out at…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 3/25/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English