Play to Submission: Gaming Capitalism in a Tech Firm by Tongyu Wu Paperback Book

Description: Play to Submission by Tongyu Wu Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description "This book shows the workplace culture of the engineering department of a prominent tech firm, in particular how the firm uses games to promote productivity and buy-in. Despite high demand for their unique skills, the games effectively motivate the cooperation of many workers because they grew up developing gamer subjectivities"-- Publisher Description Games are often a fun perk of a tech company job, and employees can "play to win" in the competition to succeed. But in studying "Behemoth" (a pseudonym for a top American tech company), Tongyu Wu discovered that gaming work culture was far more insidious.Play to Submission shows how Behemoths games undermined and manipulated workers. They lost their work-life balance and the constant competition made labor organizing difficult. Nonetheless, many workers embraced managements games as a chance to show off their "gamer" identities and create a workplace culture with privileged insiders and exiled outsiders, with female and migrant workers usually in the latter group. Moreover, Wu indicates this may be the future of work for high- and low-skilled and, creative workers in an environment where capitalists have heightened demands for technology and creativity. Drawing from 13 months of ethnographic work, Wu presents a persistent reality in which the company reaps the reward of surplus productivity, leaving employees themselves in a highly competitive and sometimes precarious work position. Author Biography Tongyu Wu is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Zhejiang University in China. Details ISBN 1439922985 ISBN-13 9781439922989 Title Play to Submission Author Tongyu Wu Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 238 Publisher Temple University Press,U.S. GE_Item_ID:160315768; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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