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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

By
Fiza Brakel-Ahmed
Edited by
Jeremy Aroles ,
François-Xavier de Vaujany  and
Karen Dale
Jeremy Aroles
Affiliation:
Durham University
François-Xavier de Vaujany
Affiliation:
Université Paris-Dauphine
Karen Dale
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
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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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New ways of workingco-workingdigital nomadshotel lobbiesurban space
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Experiencing the New World of Work , pp. 39 - 61
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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