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'You don't know what you've got till it's gone': re-contextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre (2006)
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Ellis, V., & Taylor, P. (2006). 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone': re-contextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. New Technology, Work and Employment, 21(2), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00167

This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and the need to deliver shareholder value by radically changing work organisation... Read More about 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone': re-contextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre.