Faulconbridge, J, Jones, I orcid.org/0000-0002-2387-6211, Marsden, G orcid.org/0000-0003-3570-2793 et al. (1 more author) (2020) Work, ICT and travel in multinational corporations: the synthetic work mobility situation. New Technology, Work and Employment, 35 (2). pp. 195-214. ISSN 0268-1072
Abstract
Theorising the relationships between information communication technology (ICT), travel and work continues to preoccupy researchers interested in multinational corporations (MNCs). One motivation is the desire to understand ways of reducing demand for and the negative consequences of business travel. Existing studies offer, however, little in the way of theoretical explanation of why situations that require travel arise in the first instance and how they might be avoided. To address this shortcoming, this paper analyses two case study engineering consultancy MNCs to develop a novel sociomaterial perspective on the role of travel and ICTs. It introduces the concept of the synthetic work mobility situation which highlights the way ICT and travel exert agency that constitutes ways of working and the organisational form of MNCs. The concept also recasts questions about ways of reducing demand for travel as questions about ways of reconstituting the sociomaterial organisation of the MNC.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. New Technology, Work and Employment published by Brian Towers (BRITOW) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | multinational corporations; business trave;l travel demand ; information communication technology ; work; sociomateriality |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Sustainable Transport Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2020 14:32 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/ntwe.12162 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:161726 |