The Reputation Economy Understanding Knowledge Work in Digital Society /

• Main Author: Gandini, Alessandro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Business.; Internet marketing.; Business consultants.; Business and Management.; Online Marketing/Social Media.; Business Consulting.

Exploring the new professional scenes in digital and freelance knowledge, this innovative book provides an account of the subjects and cultures that pertain to knowledge work in the aftermath of the creative class frenzy. Including a broad spectrum of empirical projects, The Reputation Economy docum...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. Beyond the "creative class" vision
• 1- The rise of a freelance economy
• 2- Reputation, the social capital of a digital society
• 3- Urban digital work: the cases of London and Milan
• 4- Working online: an exploration of Social Recruiting and Digital Marketplaces
• 5- Understanding digital work as venture labour
• 6- Co-working: the freelance mode of organization?
• Conclusion. The aftermath of neo-liberalism and the future of the Left
• Bibliography
• Index. .