Virtual workers and the global labour market Part I Who are the virtual wokers Positioning virtual workers within space time and social dynamics Part II Virtual occupations work processes and preparation for the virtual labour market Engineering lifestyles: Career choices in late modernity Young entrepreneurs and creative collectives: Greek new media workers in constant crisis Virtual innovation work: Labour creativity and standardisation Its on the cards: Emerging employment relationships in online poker Recruitment work and identity in community management: Passion precarity and play Part III The conditions and experiences of virtual work Rhythms of creativity and power in freelance creative work Towards more insecurity Virtual work and the sustainability of creative labour The fragile professional identities of digital journalists in Romania Presence and absence in global virtual team meetings: Physical irtual and social dimensions The presentation of self in a virtual world: working in second life Cyberbullying at work: Experiences of Indian employees