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      Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

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      Immaterial Fordism: the paradox of game industry labour

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            In different ways, Marxist autonomist, regulation school, and neoliberal theories all claim that work in the new economy is increasingly characterised by high levels of creativity, cooperation, and innovation, albeit accompanied by uncertainty and a relentless pace of work, introducing a new form of labour that differs fundamentally from past forms. This paper does not disagree with the proposition that capital is currently in the process of intensifying its search for more efficient value extraction. However, through a case study of lawsuits launched against the video game company Electronic Arts regarding its labour practices, it argues that the change in the nature of knowledge work and immaterial labour has been overstated by the adherents of these three schools and that what we are witnessing is not so much a replacement of traditional Fordist practices by post-Fordist ones as a new fusion of the two forms.

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            Journal ID (doi): 10.13169
            Journal ID (publisher-id): workorgalaboglob
            Title: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN (Print): 1745641X
            ISSN (Electronic): 17456428
            Publication date (Print): Winter 2006-2007
            Volume: 1
            Issue: 1
            Pages: 144-155
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            Publisher ID: workorgalaboglob.1.1.0144
            DOI: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.1.1.0144
            SO-VID: a5bf6e28-0286-44bd-9992-eab72cfd0885
            Copyright © © Leif Schumacher, 2006
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