Aroles, Jeremy, Leclercq-Vandelannoitte, Aurélie, Hassard, John S. et al. (2 more authors) (2024) Won’t Get Fooled Again? Theorising Discursive Constructions of Novelty in the ‘New’ World of Work. Work, Employment and Society. ISSN 1469-8722
Abstract
This article outlines how notions of novelty define today’s work practices and debates what the 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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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2024 08:00 |
Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2025 00:13 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170241300948 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/09500170241300948 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:218779 |
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