Nomadic work: Romance and reality. A response to Barbara Czarniawska's 'nomadic work as life-story plot'

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-238

  Büscher, Monika ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commons; CSCW; design; neoliberalism; nomadic work

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DESIGN;

COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; COMMONS; CSCW; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; NARRATIVE ANALYSIS; NEOLIBERALISM; NOMADIC WORK; POLITICAL CONTEXT;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84899425012     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-013-9194-6     Document Type: Article

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