Review article

NEW FORMS OF WORK IN NETWORK SOCIETY

Renata Relja ; Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Split, Croatia
Zorana Šuljug ; Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Split, Croatia

Abstract

The appearance of global communication, Internet, network and network society caused the structure transformation in one of the basic sociological category- human work. Within new society – network configuration as a key of the infrastructure that allows exchanging information and knowledge, we can find forms of work which posses their own, essential and different dynamics, structure and validity with the key feature known as mobility. New forms of work include the high rational, non-birocratic working places and temporary employment. Teleworking- as a work on distance and global virtual teams are the illustrations of work in virtual space characterized by flexibility, geographical dispersion and higher competition. Together with the positive socio cultural aspects of expanding the network referring to the new pattern of social interaction, the authors’ stress a negative consequence such as social isolation, “collapse of communication” and family life. In that context, the future investigations will continue with the researches of insufficiently explored concept of mobility, space and temporal flexibility, and their implications on the forms of work.

Keywords

Work; Internet; Network; Network society; mobility; teleworking; global virtual team; social isolation

Hrčak ID:

55855

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/55855

Publication date:

30.6.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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