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Author:   Rick Delbridge (Cardiff University, UK) ,  Markus Helfen (Hertie School, Germany) ,  Andreas (Andi) Pekarek (University of Melbourne, Australia) ,  Gretchen Purser (Syracuse University, USA)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.459kg
ISBN:  

9781837539499

ISBN 10:   1837539499
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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

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Ethnographies of Work is an invaluable resource for those seeking a deeper understanding of the social fabric that underlines contemporary work environments. -- Valeria Pulignano, Sociology, KU Leuven, Belgium

Author Information

Rick Delbridge is Professor of Organizational Analysis at Cardiff Business School and Co-Convenor of the Centre for Innovation Policy Research at Cardiff University, UK. Markus Helfen is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Public Policy, Hertie School, Germany. Andreas Pekarek is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management and Marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Gretchen Purser is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, USA.

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