Precarity, precariousness and software workers

Wages, unions and subjectivity in the Argentinian software and information services sector

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21189807
AutoresAndrés Rabosto (And Technology Research (United Kingdom)), Andrés Rabosto Andrés Rabosto, Mariano Zukerfeld (0000-0002-8547-842X, And Technology Research (United Kingdom)), Mariano Zukerfeld Mariano Zukerfeld
Año2017
Volumen11
Número1
Fecha de publicación2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWork Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428
EditorialPluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.13169/workorgalaboglob.11.1.0087
OpenAlexW2624635970
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

This article focuses on a paradigmatic type of knowledge work: informatics. Specifically, it studies the processes of precarity and precariousness taking place in the Argentinian software and information services (SIS) sector. After a brief introduction, it discusses the relevant literature, introducing the concepts of precarity and precariousness. Then it looks at the data relating to employment, exports and wages in the Argentinean SIS sector before moving on to address a key element for understanding precarity: the complexities of unionisation in the SIS sector. Finally, it analyses precariousness in the sector by attempting to characterise the subjectivities of these workers

Business · Epistemology · Political science · Precarious work · Precarity · Sociology · Subjectivity · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Gender Studies · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management