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Working through (mis)recognition : understanding vulnerability as ambivalence in precarious worker subjectivity
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dc.contributor.author | Valenzuela, Francisco | |
dc.contributor.author | Manolchev, Constantine | |
dc.contributor.author | Böhm, Steffen | |
dc.contributor.author | Agar, Celal Cahit | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-08T09:30:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-08T09:30:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-08-10 | |
dc.identifier | 293708942 | |
dc.identifier | cd5e5129-45b8-4f3d-ad92-54864c8e745b | |
dc.identifier | 85167826798 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Valenzuela , F , Manolchev , C , Böhm , S & Agar , C C 2023 , ' Working through (mis)recognition : understanding vulnerability as ambivalence in precarious worker subjectivity ' , Human Relations , vol. OnlineFirst . https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267231186261 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0018-7267 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-6785-1457/work/142063391 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/28329 | |
dc.description.abstract | Most workers around the world are part of the precariat, characterized by non-permanent, informal, short-term, low-pay, low-skill, and insecure jobs. While there have been many socio-economic critiques of the negative impacts of precarity on workers, the literature has increasingly asked how precarious workers actually live their lives and how their subjectivities are produced on a daily basis. We contribute to this literature by providing a psychosocial account of the ambivalent experiences of precarious workers. We contend that the interplay of recognition and misrecognition plays a crucial role, as the vulnerable, working subject becomes entangled in a complex web of recognizability. We present insights from 104 in-depth interviews, providing a Lacanian analysis of how precarious workers develop unconscious attachments to neoliberal values that are central to the logic of precarity. Understanding this ambivalence helps us develop a more nuanced view of an ethics of precarious workers’ vulnerability. | |
dc.format.extent | 31 | |
dc.format.extent | 325825 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Human Relations | en |
dc.subject | Ambivalence | en |
dc.subject | Butler | en |
dc.subject | Lacan | en |
dc.subject | Precarity | en |
dc.subject | Subjectivity | en |
dc.subject | Vulnerability | en |
dc.subject | HD28 Management. Industrial Management | en |
dc.subject | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | en |
dc.subject | Management of Technology and Innovation | en |
dc.subject | Strategy and Management | en |
dc.subject | Social Sciences(all) | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject | AC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD28 | en |
dc.title | Working through (mis)recognition : understanding vulnerability as ambivalence in precarious worker subjectivity | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Management | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267231186261 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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