A study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective: the case of internet virtual teams
Abstract This article presents an empirical study of the labor process of internet virtual teams. It argues that organizations with a “horizontally virtual and vertically real” structure face a dilemma in the virtual team labor process. While a culture of engineers, which embodies equality, liberty,...
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| description | Abstract This article presents an empirical study of the labor process of internet virtual teams. It argues that organizations with a “horizontally virtual and vertically real” structure face a dilemma in the virtual team labor process. While a culture of engineers, which embodies equality, liberty, and cooperation, is the cultural basis of the virtual team, management is bureaucratic, emphasizing individual interests and hierarchical features. The coexistence of the two leads to cooperation and division of labor in virtual teams. Essentially, this is a compromising institutional arrangement adopted by corporations to triangulate technology culture and managerial control to obtain surplus value. Based on the preceding discussion, this paper ends by proposing a new theoretical framework for studying the labor process under the technological conditions of the internet. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17a7e9ad6edf4911b10b511254d3cb6a2022-12-21T21:18:49ZengSpringerOpenThe Journal of Chinese Sociology2198-26352021-12-018111710.1186/s40711-021-00158-7A study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective: the case of internet virtual teamsMeng Liang0China Agricultural UniversityAbstract This article presents an empirical study of the labor process of internet virtual teams. It argues that organizations with a “horizontally virtual and vertically real” structure face a dilemma in the virtual team labor process. While a culture of engineers, which embodies equality, liberty, and cooperation, is the cultural basis of the virtual team, management is bureaucratic, emphasizing individual interests and hierarchical features. The coexistence of the two leads to cooperation and division of labor in virtual teams. Essentially, this is a compromising institutional arrangement adopted by corporations to triangulate technology culture and managerial control to obtain surplus value. Based on the preceding discussion, this paper ends by proposing a new theoretical framework for studying the labor process under the technological conditions of the internet.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-021-00158-7Labor processTechnological transformationInternetVirtual teamCultural capital |
| spellingShingle | Meng Liang A study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective: the case of internet virtual teams The Journal of Chinese Sociology Labor process Technological transformation Internet Virtual team Cultural capital |
| title | A study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective: the case of internet virtual teams |
| title_full | A study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective: the case of internet virtual teams |
| title_fullStr | A study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective: the case of internet virtual teams |
| title_full_unstemmed | A study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective: the case of internet virtual teams |
| title_short | A study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective: the case of internet virtual teams |
| title_sort | study of the labor process from a technology transformation perspective the case of internet virtual teams |
| topic | Labor process Technological transformation Internet Virtual team Cultural capital |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-021-00158-7 |
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