{"product_id":"smiling-down-the-line","title":"Smiling Down the Line","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust as textile mills and automotive assembly plants have symbolized previous economic eras, the call centre stands as a potent reminder of the importance of information in contemporary economies. Bob Russell's \u003cem\u003eSmiling Down the Line \u003c\/em\u003etheorizes call centre work as info-service employment and looks at the effects of ever-changing technologies on service work, its associated skills, and the ways in which it is managed. Russell also considers globalization and contemporary managerial practices as centres are outsourced to poorer countries such as India and as new forms of management are introduced, refined, and discarded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInvoking extensive labour force surveys and interviews from Australia and India, Russell examines employee representation, work intensity, stress, emotional labour, and job skills in the call centre work environment. The cross-national approach of \u003cem\u003eSmiling Down the Line\u003c\/em\u003e highlights the effects of globalization and scrutinizes the similarities and differences that exist in info-service work between different industries and in different countries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54221363118424,"sku":"9781442609815","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781442609815__676f743116dda.jpg?v=1741159519","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/smiling-down-the-line","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}