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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Authors: Murgia, Annalisa, Maestripieri, Lara|||0000-0003-4710-1653, Armano, Emiliana
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
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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.