This document is the author's final accepted version of the journal article. There may be differences between this version and the published version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. 'I didn't feel like I was alone anymore': Evaluating selforganised employee coping practices conducted via Facebook AbstractThe long-term fracturing of the labour movement has led to increased attention to employee coping practices under new management practices and labour processes.However, the literature caters little for the recent rise of employees taking to social networking sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, to find ways to cope with the pressures of contemporary employment. To explore the self-organised coping qualities of SNSs, interviews were conducted with front-line workers, employed by a large anti-trade union USA retailer, who contribute to a self-organised Facebook page set up as a place for fellow employees to deal with collective employment-related problems.The main findings suggest employee self-organised Facebook pages represent an important development and extension to the coping practices available to individual and groups of employees. The main implication of the findings is that Facebook groups appear to strengthen and widen the options for employee resilience in an age of continuing trade union retreat.2
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