Digital Nomads - In Search of Meaningful Work in the New Economy

In Digital Nomads, Rachael Woldoff and Robert Litchfield take readers into an expatriate digital nomad community in Bali, Indonesia to better understand this growing demographic of younger workers. From dozens of interviews and several stints living in a digital nomad hub, Woldoff and Litchfield detail the factors that drove this set of workers to flee their conventional lives in search of meaningful work, community, and opportunities for personal development on their own terms.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I


• 1. Goodbye to All That: Escape Stories


• 2. Practical Magic: Welcome to Silicon Bali


• 3. Paradise Paradox: Constructing a Digital Nomad Community


• 4. Not on Holiday: Making Money and Building Dreams


• Part II


• 5. Pauline: The Honeymooner Nomad


• 6. Lucy: The Visa Runner Nomad


• 7. Lorelei and Norman: Resident Nomads


• 8. Conclusion: From the Culture of the Cubicle to a Culture of Freedom


• Notes


• References


• Index

About the author

Rachael A. Woldoff is Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University. Her books include Priced Out: Stuyvesant Town and the Loss of Middle-Class Neighborhoods and White Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood, which was awarded the Best Book Award from the Urban Affairs Association.

Robert C. Litchfield is Associate Professor of Economics and Business at Washington & Jefferson College.

Product details

• Authors: Robert C. Litchfield, Rachael A. Woldoff, Rachael A. (Professor of Sociology Woldoff, Woldoff Rachael A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2021
• EAN: 9780190931780
• ISBN: 978-0-19-093178-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Business studies: general, Personnel & human resources management, Sociology: work & labour, Urban communities, Personnel and human resources management, Sociology: work and labour, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups