Gely and Bierman on Employee Blogging and Legal Reform

Rafael Gely (Cincinnati) and Len Bierman (Texas A&M Business) have posted on SSRN a new paper in the Harvard Journal of Technology entitled: Social Isolation and American Workers: Employee Blogging and Legal Reform.

From the abstract:

This Article examines the increasing “social isolation” of American workers and the role the Internet, particularly employee “blogging,” can potentially play in ameliorating this situation. It builds on a path-breaking June 2006 empirical study in the American Sociological Review documenting said social isolation, and on Harvard political scientist Robert D. Putnam's classic theoretical work developing a similar theme. The Article argues that off-duty blogging by employees can play an important role in helping reverse this decline in social isolation, but that current legal structures impede this goal. This Article then proposes various reforms to address this situation.

Great stuff at the intersection of employment law and blogging. And I love the use of an interdisciplinary approach. Check it out!

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