| dc.description.abstract | Technology has an effect on how people live, and how they work. By looking at workplace contestation processes, and the power asymmetries in these, this thesis seeks to answer how technology has constructed the modern worker by imposing docility and reducing avenues for resistance. It is argued, by drawing on empirical examples and a wide selection of academic literature, that technology has been used to create a social discourse benefitting a small group of decision makers. These efforts are traced back to the first part of the 20th century, where Taylorist labor processes, the division of labor, and surveillance in the workplace initiated a process of worker subjugation. Technology, in conjunction with political, economic and cultural resources, was used to create a disorganised and deunionised workforce in the 21st century, one that is unable to meaningfully participate in contestational processes. The consequences of this render the lives of workers increasingly precarious. | eng |