Global Knowledge Work

Edited by Katerina Nicolopoulou, Professor, Ajman University College of Business Administration, UAE, Mine Karataş-Özkan, Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Southampton, Ahu Tatli, Lecturer in International Human Resource Management, Queen Mary, University of London and John Taylor, Professor of Higher Education Management, University of Liverpool, UK

• Contents:IntroductionPART I: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF KNOWLEDGE WORK1. What Makes a Knowledge Society? Privileging DiscoursesJennifer Adelstein2. Global Knowledge Workers: An Eye on the Senior Executives of the Middle East by Stanton Chase InternationalPanos Manolopoulos and Konstantina SakellariouPART II: MOBILITY, MIGRATION, AND DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE WORKERS3. Immigration and Emigration Decisions Among Highly Skilled British Expatriates in VancouverWilliam S. Harvey4. Transnationality in Small-scale Cities? Integration of, and Cooperation between, Creative and Knowledge-intensive Workers in the Stagnating Socio-economic Landscape of Leipzig (East Germany)Bastian Lange and Juliane Schröder 5. Entrepreneurship, Culture and Mobility of Knowledge Workers in European ICT SMEs: A Theoretical FrameworkKanellos-Panagiotis Nikolopoulos6. The Important Role of Refugee and Migrant Community Organizations in Bringing Out Highly Educated Refugees’ Potential as Knowledge WorkersMaria Psoinos 7. Social Exclusion in Information Capitalism: A Study of Online Recruitment Advertisements in the Indian Software IndustryC.M. Malish and P. Vigneswara IlavarasanPART III: RELATIONALITY, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND KNOWLEDGE WORK8. How the Emergent Properties of Social Networks Support Knowledge Sharing in Dynamic Labour Environments: Lessons from the Hospitality Sector in Australia’s Northern TerritoryKalotina Chalkiti9. Relationality in Global Knowledge Work TeamsOlivia Kyriakidou10. Women in Public Relations and Profit Organizations in the UAE: How Gender Influences PracticeBadreya Al-Jenaibi PART IV: KNOWLEDGE WORKERS, TECHNOLOGY AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT11. The Role of Technology-enhanced Learning in the Development of Global Knowledge Workers Lisa Harris, Paul Harrigan and Jean Leah12. Digital Skills for Digital Disruption and Value CreationLorraine Warren PART V: MOTIVATIONS AND FORMS OF CAPITAL IN THE CONTEXT OF KNOWLEDGE WORK 13. Autonomy as a Stressor in Knowledge WorkPeter Holdt Christensen14. Multiple Understandings of Time: Academics’ Experiences of the Work–Family RelationshipGina Gaio SantosIndex