The perils of project-based work: Attempting resistance to extreme work practices in video game development

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The perils of project-based work: Attempting resistance to extreme work practices in video game development

This article examines two blogs written by the spouses of game developers about extreme and exploitative working conditions in the video game industry and the associated reader comments. The wives of these video game developers and members of the game community decry these working conditions and cha...

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Main Authors:	Peticca-Harris, A., Weststar, J., McKenna, Stephen
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	The International Society for Organization Development 2015
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8864

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