... national boundaries, and whose ends are served by technological changes which have immeasurably improved communications and fostered the rapid movement of capital. Such developments have enormous implications for business, for workers and for the governments and other bodies who seek to influence and control them. Globalization is also changing our view of the traditional work' location and work organization. In particular, globalization and technological advancements have facilitated the spatial transformation of both production and work. in recent years it has become evident that production and employment are no longer permanently anchored to a particular physical location. For the individual employee the facets of globalization have particularly impacted in the form of work intensification. For example, the growth of the world-wide internet and electronic mail have developed business communications into a twenty four hour, seven day per week, fifty two weeks per year activity creating continuous pressurisation of employees with consequences ...

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