Like Exporting Baseball
Individualism and Global Competition in the High-Tech Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2472687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carrie Lane Chet |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 18-26 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology of Work Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-024X • E-ISSN: 1548-1417 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/awr.2004.25.3-4.18 |
| OpenAlex | W2110584696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among high-technology jobseekers in Dallas, Texas, during the period 2001-04, this article examines the response of unemployed U.S. tech workers to the intensification of the offshore outsourcing of white-collar work from the United States to lower-cost locations overseas. The researcher found that while a vocal minority of tech workers denounces offshore outsourcing, or offshoring, as unethical, unpatriotic, and economically shortsighted, most high-tech jobseekers see offshoring as a natural offshoot of an unstoppable and ultimately beneficial system of global capitalist competition. These "globalist" workers, who espouse a model of work that privileges individual responsibility and flexibility over loyalty and security, argue that nations and individuals must take the initiative in making themselves competitive with other countries' increasingly skilled, educated, and low-cost workforces if they are to survive in this newly global economy. This perspective is buttressed by globalists' individualist ethos and their remarkably resilient faith in the logic of the market economy
Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
Getting a Job
Transnational Connections
Falling from Grace
Social Networks and Job Search Outcomes among Male and Female Professional, Technical, and Managerial Workers
The Magic City
Fanning the Flames
Techno-Missionaries Doing Good at the Center
Consequences of Women's Formal and Informal Job Search Methods for Employment in Female-Dominated Jobs
It's Not Only 'Who You Know' that Matters
Women and Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2010 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |