The precariousness of knowledge workers (Part 2)

Forms and critiques of autonomy and self-representation

Bibliographic Data

ID21189712
AuthorsAnnalisa Murgia (0000-0002-9740-4532, Institute for Employment Studies), Annalisa Murgia Annalisa Murgia, Lara Maestripieri (0000-0003-4710-1653, University of Pavia), Lara Maestripieri Lara Maestripieri, Emiliana Armano (0000-0002-1280-9494, University of Milan), Emiliana Armano Emiliana Armano
Year2017
Volume11
Issue1
Publication date2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428
PublisherPluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.13169/workorgalaboglob.11.1.0001
OpenAlexW2623545296
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

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

Autonomy · Epistemology · Liminality · Political science · Politics · Realisation · Sociology · Subjectivity · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology