This edited volume seeks to enhance our understanding ofthe concepts of space and place in the study of digital work. It argues thatwhile digital work is often presented as 'placeless', work always takes placesomewhere with a certain degree of local embeddedness. Contributors to thiscollection address restructuring processes that bring about delocaliseddigital work and point out limitations to dislocation inherent in the workitself, and the social relations or the physical artefacts involved.Exploring the dynamics of global value chains and shiftsin the international division of labour, this book explores the impact thesehave on employment and working conditions, workers' agency in shaping andcoping with changes in work, and the new competencies needed in virtualorganisational environments. Combining different disciplinary perspectives,the volume teases out the spatial aspects of digital work at different scalesranging from team level to that of globalproduction networks.
