'Work always wins': Client colonisation, time management and the anxieties of connected freelancers

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-211

  Gold, Michael ^a   Mustafa, Mona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Boundaries; Freelancers; Monochronic work; Polychronic work; Self employment; Telework; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TELECOMMUTING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84887384356     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.12017     Document Type: Article

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