All Outputs (3)

The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: Over-Recruitment, ‘The Bitchlist’ and the enterprising-self (2022)
Journal Article
Tarrabain, C., & Thomas, R. (in press). The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: Over-Recruitment, ‘The Bitchlist’ and the enterprising-self. Work, Employment and Society, 38(1), 27-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170221100934

This article explores migrant workers’ experiences of organisational control while undertaking temporary agency work. This study is based on a ‘covert’ ethnographic study set at a temporary employment agency that short-term contracts workers to the c... Read More about The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: Over-Recruitment, ‘The Bitchlist’ and the enterprising-self.

Gamifying the virtual learning environment: A case study (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, R., & Tarrabain, C. (2022, May). Gamifying the virtual learning environment: A case study. Presented at LTSE (Learning Teaching Student Experience), 2022, Belfast

This presentation aims to contribute to deeper understandings of how gamification has been practically used on a first-year undergraduate module to encourage student engagement and participation beyond asynchronous sessions. Online innovations have b... Read More about Gamifying the virtual learning environment: A case study.

Deception as a moral project: Covert research and the construction of the ethical-self (2022)
Book Chapter
Tarrabain, C. (2022). Deception as a moral project: Covert research and the construction of the ethical-self. In J. Pandeli, N. Sutherland, & H. Gaggiotti (Eds.), Organisational Ethnography: An Experiential and Practical Guide (115-126). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

In this chapter, the author explores the ethical continuum through a reflection on her own “identity work” during her fieldwork, considering how the ethics of doing covert research are always complex, situated and political. She considers how the pow... Read More about Deception as a moral project: Covert research and the construction of the ethical-self.