Understanding Work in the Age of Information tells a compelling story about
Finland, one of the most advanced information societies in the world. In
addition to discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the Finnish model of
an information society, the author offers a long-awaited critical perspective
on knowledge work, a concept that has attracted economists and management
theorists since the 1960s. Although the discourse on knowledge work
has resurfaced as a fashionable topic in recent years, several gaps still remain
in the current literature. One of these is the lack of sociologically...