ISBN:
9781137479181
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (288 p)
Series Statement:
Dynamics of Virtual Work
Series Statement:
Dynamics of Virtual Work Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Webster, Juliet Virtual Workers and the Global Labour Market
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Business
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Dedication -- About the Authors -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Who Are Virtual Workers? -- 1: Positioning Virtual Workers Within Space, Time, and Social Dynamics -- What Is Virtual Work and Who Are Virtual Workers? -- Virtual Workers Are Mobile and Dispersed -- Virtual Workers Are Precarious -- The Lives of Virtual Workers Are Boundaryless -- Positioning Virtual Workers: Class, Gender, Ethnicity -- References -- Part II: Virtual Occupations, Work Processes and Preparation for the Virtual Labour Market -- 2: Engineering Lifestyles: Career Choices in Late Modernity
Abstract:
Introduction -- Changing Attitudes Towards Technological Work -- Young Lives: How Virtual Work Taps into a Need for Self-expression -- Identity Formation: Occupation Versus Consumption -- Civic and Political Engagement Among the Young -- 'Generation Me' Work Attitudes -- The 'Cool' Alternatives and Their Implications -- References -- 3: Young Entrepreneurs and Creative Collectives: Greek New Media Workers in Constant Crisis -- Introduction -- The Virtualisation of Work -- Creative Labour: Valorisation and Critique -- The Awkward Turn to Creative Industries in Greek Cultural Policy
Abstract:
New Media Work in the Context of the Sovereign Debt Crisis -- Necessity and Start-up Entrepreneurialism -- Community and Affinity -- Negotiated Creativity, Autonomy, and Control of Creative Labour Process -- Managing Risk -- Survival Strategies and the Future -- References -- 4: Virtual Innovation Work: Labour, Creativity, and Standardisation -- Virtual Innovation Work: Organisational Standards, Heightened Paradoxes, and the Role of Labouring Capacity -- Tamed or Set Free? An Empirical Analysis of Virtual Innovation Work -- Organisational Standardisation, Paradoxes, and Concrete Innovation Work
Abstract:
The Handling of Organisational Paradoxes -- References -- 5: It's on the Cards: Emerging Employment Relationships in Online Poker -- Introduction -- Making a Living Out of Online Poker -- What Is Staking? -- Staking in Romania -- The Social Relations of Staking -- Recruitment -- Contracts -- Work Organisation and Control -- Reward Systems -- Conclusion -- Appendix 5.1 -- References -- 6: Recruitment, Work, and Identity in Community Management: Passion, Precarity, and Play -- Introduction -- The Games Industry as a Cultural and Creative Industry -- Community Management and Mobility
Abstract:
The Recruitment of Community and Passion -- Precarity and Flexibility -- Play and Emotional Labour -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: The Conditions and Experiences of Virtual Work -- 7: Rhythms of Creativity and Power in Freelance Creative Work -- Introduction -- Understanding the Conflict Between Creativity and Capitalist Power -- Analysing Dissonance of Capitalism and Creativity Through 'Rhythmanalysis' -- Creative Freelancing: Outsourcing Risk, Losing Control -- The Rhythmic Experiences of Freelance Creatives -- Reflections on the Management of Creative Freelancers -- Conclusion
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