Over the last several decades, employers have increasingly replaced permanent employees with temporary workers and independent contractors to cut labor costs and enhance flexibility. Although commentators have focused largely on low-wage temporary work, the use of skilled contra…
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Introduction: Technology and change : ancillary workers in the Indian IT industry -- Flat world, globalization and Indian IT -- Collection, interpretation and analysis of data -- Time, place and space -- Women workers' narratives of precarious work and social struggle -- Conflic…
"This book investigates the life, working conditions, and urban experiences of support-service workers, such as janitors, security guards, culinary workers and carpool drivers in the Information Technology (IT) sector of India. Largely omitted from academic discourse, support-se…
"This book investigates the life, working conditions, and urban experiences of support-service workers, such as janitors, security guards, culinary workers and carpool drivers in the Information Technology (IT) sector of India. Largely omitted from academic discourse, support-se…
Case studies in miscommunication -- A survey of, and about, professionals -- T-shaped data scientists -- Data scientists and organizations -- Final thoughts.
Despite the excitement around ""data science, "" ""big data, "" and ""analytics, "" the ambiguity of these terms has led to poor communication between data scientists and organizations seeking their help. In this report, authors Harlan Harris, Sean Murphy, and Marck Vaisman exam…
