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THE COMPANY WE KEEP THE COMPANY WE KEEP TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS Philadelphia THE COMPANY WE KEEP Occupational Community in the High-Tech Network Society DANIEL MARSCHALL TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright © 2012 by Daniel Marschall All rights reserved Published 2012 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marschall, Daniel. The company we keep : occupational community in the high-tech network society / Daniel Marschall. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4399-0755-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4399-0757-3 (e-book) 1. Occupations—Sociological aspects—Case studies. 2. Group identity—Case studies. 3. Organizational behavior—Case studies. 4. Business networks—Social aspects—Case studies. 5. Internet industry—Employees—Case studies. 6. Industrial sociology—Case studies. I. Title. HT675.M37 2012 305.9—dc23 2011028557 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992 Printed in the United States of America 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 ...

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