Counterproductive
Time Management in the Knowledge Economy
by Melissa Gregg

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Author(s)

Melissa Gregg

Publication

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2018

Scope

200 Pages, 23 cm.

ISBN

9781478000907

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As online distractions increasingly colonize our time, why has productivity become such a vital demonstration of personal and professional competence? In Counterproductive Melissa Gregg explores how productivity emerged as a way of thinking about job performance at the turn of the last century and why it remains prominent in the different work worlds of today. Gregg shows how a focus on productivity isolates workers from one another. Questioning our faith in productivity as the ultimate measure of success, Gregg's analysis conveys the futility, pointlessness, and danger of seeking time management as a salve for the always-on workplace.

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Keywords

sociology , neo liberalism , ethics

Location

Cabinet 11 - 6: Kritiek op het Neoliberalisme

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.