Part I: Who are virtual workers?. - 1. Positioning virtual workers within space time and social dynamics; Juliet Webster and Keith RandlePart II Virtual occupations work processes and preparation for the virtual labour market. - 2. Engineering lifestyles: career choices in late modernity; Jörg Müller. - 3. Young entrepreneurs and creative collectives: Greek new media workers in constant crisis; Martha Michailidou and Eleni Kostala. - 4. Virtual innovation work: labour creativity and standardisation; Sabine Pfeiffer Daniela Wühr and Petra Schutt. - 5. It's on the cards:  emerging employment relationships in online poker; Kaire Holts and Romina Surugiu. - 6. Recruitment work and identity in community management: passion precarity and play; Aphra Kerr. - Part III The conditions and experiences of virtual work. - 7. Rhythms of creativity and power in freelance creative work; Frederick H. Pitts. - 8. Towards more insecurity? Virtual work and the sustainability of creative labour; Jaka Primorac. - 9. The fragile professional identities of digital journalists in Romania; Romina Surugiu. - 10. Presence and absence in virtual team meetings: physical virtual and social dimensions; Anu Sivunen. - 11. The presentation of self in a virtual world: working in Second Life; Stine Bengtsson. - 12. Cyberbullying at work: experiences of Indian employees; Premilla D'Cruz . Language: English