Ethnographies of work

Presenting cutting-edge ethnographic research on contemporary worlds of work and the experiences of workers from a range of contexts, Volume 35 of Research in the Sociology of Work offers fine-grained, exploratory ethnographic data to provide insights unmatched by other research methods. Conscious o...

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Other Authors Delbridge, Rick (Editor), Helfen, Markus (Editor), Pekarek, Andreas (Editor), Purser, Gretchen (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of work ; v. 35, Part A.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837539505
DOI10.1108/S0277-2833202335
Physical Description1 online resource (276 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Why ethnographies of work? An Introduction / Rick Delbridge, Markus Helfen, Andreas Pekarek, and Gretchen Purser-- Chapter 2. Divided Wages and Divided Workers: Tips and the Two-Employer Problem / Hanna Goldberg-- Chapter 3. "It's Simple, If You Stand Still You Do Not Get Paid": Piece Wage Games as Indirect Modality of Control in the Platform-Mediated Food Delivery Sector / Floris De Krijger-- Chapter 4. Work and Sustainability at Twin Oaks Intentional Community / Monica Bhatia-- Chapter 5. Who is a Digital Nomad? The Evolving Identities of the New Nomadic Workforce / Alma Andino-Frydman-- Chapter 6. The Great Realization: Online Freelancers and the Meaning of Flexibility / Michael Dunn, Isabel Munoz, Clea O'Neil, and Steve Sawyer-- Chapter 7. What Happened? Ethnographic Stories of the Strategic Road Network / Felicity Heathcote-Marcz and Sideeq Mohammed-- Chapter 8. Feeling Precarious in Ethnographic Research Methods and in Personal Circumstances: Ideal Types and Real World Complexity / Krzysztof Z. Jankowski-- Chapter 9. Revealing Oneself: When Doing Fieldwork with Journalists Challenges Your Identity Work as a Researcher in Management / Laurianne Terlinden-- Chapter 10. Beyond the Company Line: Studying Workplace Inequalities Ethnographically / Lauren A. Rivera.