Counterproductive

Gregg Melissa Gregg

Description

As online distractions increasingly colonize our time, why has productivity become such a vital demonstration of personal and professional competence? When corporate profits are soaring but worker salaries remain stagnant, how does technology exacerbate the demand for ever greater productivity? 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. Examining historical and archival material alongside popular self-help genres-from housekeeping manuals to bootstrapping business gurus, and the growing interest in productivity and mindfulness software-Gregg shows how a focus on productivity isolates workers from one another and erases their collective efforts to define work limits. Questioning our faith in productivity as the ultimate measure of success, Gregg's novel analysis conveys the futility, pointlessness, and danger of seeking time management as a salve for the always-on workplace.

Sujets

• Gestion et management
• Time management

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 25 octobre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781478002390
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

Extrait

côuéôuçvé

CountERpRoductIvE

Te Mànàeen n e Knoede Eçonoy

M e l i s s a G r e G G

Duke UnIversIty Press

Durham and London

2018

© 2018 ûé Ûéŝ éŝŝ Ā ŝ éŝéé é  é Ûé Sàéŝ ô Āéçà ô àç-éé àé ∞ éŝé  àé àûç éŝé  ô ô à é Sàŝ Ç4ŝ  Çôéé ôôŝ

à ô Çôéŝŝ Çààô--ûçàô àà àéŝ: é, éŝŝà, [àé] àûô. é: Çôûéôûçé : é ààéé  é ôéé éçôô / éŝŝà é. éŝçô: ûà : ûé Ûéŝ éŝŝ, 2018. | çûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. éiéŝ: lccn 2018035549 () lccn 2018044222 (éôô) Isbn 9781478002390 (éôô) Isbn 9781478000716 (àçôé : à. àé) Isbn 9781478000907 (. : à. àé) Sûéçŝ: lcsh: é ààéé. | àô ôûç. | éôàçé ŝààŝ. | ûéŝŝ (ŝçôô) | Sûççéŝŝ  ûŝéŝŝ—ŝçôôçà àŝéçŝ. Çàŝŝiçàô: lcc hd69.t54 (éôô) | lcc hd69.t54 g74 2018 () | ddc 658.4/093—ç23 lc éçô àààé à ŝ://çç.ôç.ô/2018035549

Çôé à: Rçà  à àôû ééŝ, Oupu ïndex (1848–1957), ô é ŝééŝ,Eàç Nuer Euàŝ One ïnààon ànd One Exààon, 2016–2017.

ôŝéçé: Çàôô éôûçé  à Sûà, Our Teŝ: Te Uned Sàeŝ 1900–1925, Pàr ïV, Te Wàr Benŝ 1909–1914(é Yô: Çàéŝ Sçé’ŝ Sôŝ, 1932), 87.

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ôûçô: é ôûç éàé

Ā é ŝô ô é ààéé

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ÉéçûéĀéçŝ:éààéé à é Qûéŝ ô Ôàzàô

éĀéŝéçŝôĀç:ôûç à é Ôé ô ŝ

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Çôçûŝô: ô Çàééŝ ô Āôŝééŝ

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Preface

 çà’ ééé é  ŝàé ô . Éé é  ŝ à ŝéçô-à ôôŝôé,  éà ô é ûŝéŝŝ ŝéçô ô ôô ô ŝé-é àûàŝ. é àçûà ŝé  é ŝ àéŝŝé ô ààé ééçûéŝ ŝû ô é é àç ôéé. é à éŝ à ô ôŝ çû ô é çàŝé: é ŝ ôé. Séŝŝ à é ààé. éàé é Ôîçé Éàé. ô ô é Çôô ô Yôû é à Yôû é. é éôàà ô çô- ôàé çàééŝ, é-ô çôçŝ, à ééŝŝ ûéàûçàç ôà àŝ- é  à ééà é ôà à. à, é ôôŝ ôé ŝôûôŝ ô à ô ô ô à  àé é.  à ô éŝôà éééçé à ô é ŝŝûéŝ à éé çôôàçé  é àûôŝ’ ŝôéŝ, ç éé àŝé ô é àééŝ à ŝô à ôéŝ àà- é àçé.  éà ô ôéçôé  ô àç ô éôŝûé ô é çûûé ô ôîçé é. éàŝ ŝ çûôŝ çàé ô ô û  à ééé éôé àçé,  ô éà ô çûûé ô ŝéà ô, ŝûç à é éà ô à ôàzàôà çàéé ŝééé çôéé ŝàé. Ā é, ôé é éàŝ à  ûçàŝ àççé é  ô é é ôû àé ô éà- , é éàŝ éçôûé   é ààéé ûéŝ éçàé çéàŝ—éé, àû—àà. Wé  ŝàé û ûŝé ŝé-é ôôŝ,  ŝééé ô ôé à à ééŝé ŝé ô. Ôé à   àé à çàçé ô à  éà à ô éŝé ôŝ à é àôû é ààéé àŝ à éé,  iûé. é ôûàç àçé àé  ôûç ûûŝ àŝçàé é, éŝéçà é ô ôTé é ŝ éàçàé àéà é-ô ŝ.  é ô ô é ôôŝ ŝ ô à é ŝéçéŝ ô ô-