The precariousness of knowledge workers (Part 2)
This article introduces the second of a two-part Special Issue of this journal on the precariousness of knowledge workers. It aims to explore the ambivalences and liminal relations among autonomy, identification and task orientation, which - for knowledge workers - represent both a source of self-re...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:181961 |
| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/181961 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.13169/workorgalaboglob.11.1.0001 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Precariousness Self-employed knowledge workers Employment relations Working conditions Autonomy in knowledge work |
| Summary: | This article introduces the second of a two-part Special Issue of this journal on the precariousness of knowledge workers. It aims to explore the ambivalences and liminal relations among autonomy, identification and task orientation, which - for knowledge workers - represent both a source of self-realisation and a generator of multiple and distinctive forms of precariousness. In particular, we focus on the forms and critiques of autonomy and self-representation that, in knowledge societies, extend far beyond the fact of being a self-employed worker. We argue that knowledge work is in fact sustained by devices of subjectivity which derive their power from being self-constructed and which provide tools for managing precarious lives. |
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