The precariousness of knowledge workers

Hybridisation, self-employment and subjectification

Bibliographic Data

ID21189719
AuthorsAnnalisa Murgia (0000-0002-9740-4532, University of Milan), Annalisa Murgia Annalisa Murgia, Lara Maestripieri (0000-0003-4710-1653, University of Milan), Lara Maestripieri Lara Maestripieri, Emiliana Armano (0000-0002-1280-9494, University of Milan), Emiliana Armano Emiliana Armano
Year2016
Volume10
Issue2
Publication date2016-12-01
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.10.2.0001
OpenAlexW2558193384
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited10

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

Commodification · Economics · Linguistics · Sociology · Subjectification · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · History · Psychology · Social Psychology

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