people who generate economic benefits by working on knowledge production or by using knowledge or knowledge-based tools to develop their productive activities. The work is done by means of intellectual skills rather than physical labor. Examples of knowledge economy workers are managers, analysts, computer scientists, researchers and academics.
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The Making of Nomadic Work: Understanding the Mediational Role of ICTs
Aparecido Fabiano Pinatti de Carvalho (University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland), Luigina Ciolfi (University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland), and Breda Gray (University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland)
Copyright: © 2011
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-042-6.ch025
Abstract
Computer technologies, especially ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies), have become ubiquitous in people’s lives. Nowadays, mobile phones, PDAs, laptops and a constellation of software applications are more and more used for a variety of activities carried out in both personal and professional lives. Given the features that these technologies provide and are provided with, for example, connectivity and portability, it can be said that ICTs have the potential to support nomadic work practices which are seen as increasingly characteristic of the knowledge economy. This chapter presents a review of the concept of nomadic work and, based on a broad literature analysis, discusses the ways in which ICTs may empower people who are involved with nomadic work practices. It aims to give a starting point for those who intend to develop further research on technologically-mediated nomadic work practices in the knowledge economy.