Die Ausgliederung der Kundenkommunikation aus Unternehmen haterhebliche Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitsorganisation in Call Centern.Dabei entscheiden vor allem Inhalt und Umfang der ausgelagerten Aufgaben über mögliche Organisationsstrukturen.(...)

Prologue: one world, diverse itineraries -- Glimpsing an urban future : divergent tracks of Gurgaon -- Inside a call center: otherworldly passages -- Neutral accent -- System identities : divergent itineraries and uses of personality -- Nightly clashes : diurnal body, nocturnal labor, neutral...

Off-shoring customer service : a new global order -- Mobility-morality narratives : the effects of the industry on the physical mobility of women -- Traveling at night : the effects of night shift employment on the temporal mobility of women -- Fast money, family survival, and the consumer class...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Authentic Clone -- 1. Transnational Customer Service: A New Touchstone of Globalization -- 2. Language Training: The Making of the Deficient Worker -- 3. Hate Nationalism and the Outsourcing Backlash -- 4. Surveillance...