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invisible work: a standalone construct

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Science and technology studies

work that is necessary but unseen or unrecognized, such as articulation and support labor, in organizations and system design.

In science and technology studies, invisible work refers to work that is necessary but unseen or unrecognized, such as articulation and support labor, in organizations and system design. This meaning comes from Star (1999) in Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).[1]

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articulation2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs labor4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs star3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Star, S. L., & Strauss, A. (1999). Layers of Silence, Arenas of Voice: The Ecology of Visible and Invisible Work. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 8(1-2), 9-30. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1008651105359

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