The precariousness of knowledge workers (Part 1)

In knowledge-based industries, work is circumscribed by the cognitive frames of creativity in the representations of subjects, but simultaneously demands adaptability, in a context in which deregulation and individualisation are now normal. The ethics of self-activation are therefore inextricably in...

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Autores: Murgia, Annalisa, Maestripieri, Lara|||0000-0003-4710-1653, Armano, Emiliana
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:181963
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/181963
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.13169/workorgalaboglob.10.2.0001
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Knowledge workers
Contractual precariousness
New occupational categories
Treatment and transformation of information
Innovation
New knowledge
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Resumo:In knowledge-based industries, work is circumscribed by the cognitive frames of creativity in the representations of subjects, but simultaneously demands adaptability, in a context in which deregulation and individualisation are now normal. The ethics of self-activation are therefore inextricably intertwined with the demands of intensification, standardisation and self-commodification. The first volume of this Special Issue - which is made up of two different parts - focuses on the phenomena of hybridisation, self-employment and subjectification, at the core of the experiences of precarious workers in knowledge societies. This article introduces the first part of the two-part Special Issue on the precariousness of knowledge workers.