Debra Howcroft
Debra Howcroft is a Professor of Technology and Organisation at Alliance Manchester Business School.
Debra’s research interests focus on three main areas. Firstly, how technology is influencing and shaping working practices, changing skills and reframing occupational identities. Secondly, how technology workers, as a distinct category of employees, respond to workplace change, labour markets, and technological developments. The final area concerns digital labour and includes issues such as how virtual work is monetised, the use of platforms to coordinate distributed labour, and the implications of crowdsourcing for our understanding of work and employment.
Debra’s research interests focus on three main areas. Firstly, how technology is influencing and shaping working practices, changing skills and reframing occupational identities. Secondly, how technology workers, as a distinct category of employees, respond to workplace change, labour markets, and technological developments. The final area concerns digital labour and includes issues such as how virtual work is monetised, the use of platforms to coordinate distributed labour, and the implications of crowdsourcing for our understanding of work and employment.
