Won't Get Fooled Again? Theorising Discursive Constructions of Novelty in the 'New' World of Work

Jeremy Aroles (), Aurelie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte, John Hasard (), William Foster () and Edward Granter
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Jeremy Aroles: School for Business and Society, University of York, University of York [York, UK]
John Hasard: Alliance MBS - Alliance Manchester Business School - University of Manchester [Manchester]
William Foster: University of Alberta
Edward Granter: Birmingham Business School - University of Birmingham [Birmingham]

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Abstract: This article outlines how notions of novelty define today's work practices and debates whatthe discursive construction of work as 'new' means. On the one hand, we highlight a misplaced emphasis on change and novelty that can lead to unnecessary dichotomization in the characterisation and discursive construction of work practices and organizational phenomena.On the other, we specify substantive continuities in a range of strategic, organizational and employment arrangements. As such, we contend that a critical evaluation of key characteristics of contemporary work reveals that they are often not unique. Instead, these characteristics reflect the extending, rebranding or reshaping of measures and processes fashioned in earlier forms of value production. Ultimately, we theorise how the promotion of the 'new' world of work reflects structures and practices somehow altered in appearance, yet still analogous in substance, to those found in the traditional employment and production fabric of organizations.

Keywords: Discourse Epochal Future of work Novelty Work practices; Discourse; Epochal; Future of work; Novelty; Work practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12-30
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Published in Work, Employment and Society, 2024, ⟨10.1177/09500170241300948⟩

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DOI: 10.1177/09500170241300948

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