The Making of Nomadic Work: Understanding the Mediational Role of ICTs

Workers in the knowledge economy who are physically mobile may have to develop their productive activities across several places (Lilischkis, 2003; Rossitto & Eklundh, 2007; Su & Mark, 2008). They generate economic benefits by working on knowledge production and dissemination or using knowledge and knowledge-based tools to accomplish their work tasks (Kim & Mauborgne, 1999). Examples of knowledge economy workers would be mathematicians, psychologists, computer scientists, software engineers, economists and so forth. It is important to note that to be a ABSTRACT

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