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Shadow work : the unpaid, unseen jobs that fill your day / Craig Lambert.

by Lambert, Craig, 1947-

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Counterpoint, c2015.

Informal sector (Economics)

Work-life balance.

Work -- Economic aspects.

9781619025257 (hc.)

1619025256 (hc.)

277 pages ; 22 cm

Middle-class serfdom -- Shadow work in the home and family life -- Shadow work at the office -- Shadow work in restaurants, travel, shopping -- Shadow work on computers and the Internet -- The twilight of leisure.

With the exception of sleep, humans spend more of their lifetimes on work than any other activity. It is central to our sense of meaning in life. Shadow Work examines the growing number of unpaid tasks that people do on behalf of businesses or organizations as a result of new technology and the growing personnel costs, as well as the effect of this trend on personal leisure, consumer experience, and society.

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