The precariousness of knowledge workers (Part 2): forms and critiques of autonomy and self-representation

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-re...

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Published in:Work, organisation, labour & globalisation organisation, labour & globalisation, 2017-04, Vol.11 (1), p.1-9
Main Authors: Murgia, Annalisa, Maestripieri, Lara, Armano, Emiliana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambivalence
Autonomy
Employment
Globalization
Information workers
Knowledge
Labor
Political freedom
Self employment
Subjectivity
Trajectories
Workers
Working conditions
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1745-641X
1745-6428
DOI:10.13169/workorgalaboglob.11.1.0001