Theorising neoliberal anti-work politics through career negotiations in Singapore

• Main Author: Swinn Yap, Nessa Xii Wen
• Other Authors: Ye Junjia
• Format: Thesis-Master by Research
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Neoliberal rationality; Anti-work; Career negotiations; Financial entrepreneurialism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175737
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In Singapore, an increasing number of millennials are choosing to take up work as self-employed insurance and real estate agents (IAs and REAs). In this thesis, I critically examine their reasons for doing so, situating their motivations within larger developments in the world of work, including a r...