Book contents
- Experiencing the New World of Work
- Experiencing the New World of Work
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I Experiencing at Work
- 1 Embodied Inter-Practices in Resonance as New Forms of Working in Organisations
- 2 Wherever I Lay My Laptop, That’s My Workplace
- 3 ‘So Many Cool Things to Do!’
- 4 Experiencing Making
- Part II Digital Platforms and the New World of Work
- Part III Politics, Imaginaries and Others in the New World of Work
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Index
- References
2 - Wherever I Lay My Laptop, That’s My Workplace
Experiencing the New World of Work in a Hotel Lobby
from Part I - Experiencing at Work
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2020
Book contents
- Experiencing the New World of Work
- Experiencing the New World of Work
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I Experiencing at Work
- 1 Embodied Inter-Practices in Resonance as New Forms of Working in Organisations
- 2 Wherever I Lay My Laptop, That’s My Workplace
- 3 ‘So Many Cool Things to Do!’
- 4 Experiencing Making
- Part II Digital Platforms and the New World of Work
- Part III Politics, Imaginaries and Others in the New World of Work
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Index
- References
Summary
Digital technologies have made it possible for people to work from literally anywhere in the world, as long as they have the right devices and Wi-Fi (Torten et al., 2016). At the same time, the number of self-employed workers is growing rapidly. This group usually does not have an office in a firm they can go to every day, to work. Digital technologies open up an array of possibilities. Working is possible anywhere and anytime. Self-employed workers can choose to work from home, a rented hot desk in a co working space, in coffee-shops, hotel lobbies, and even on the beach in a sunny resort on a beautiful island. In this chapter, the focus lies on self-employed workers who work in hotel lobbies that were not primarily designed as co-working spaces.
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- Experiencing the New World of Work , pp. 39 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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