Between Employment and Nonemployment: The Ambiguity of Work and Leisure in the Contemporary Labor Market

Abstract

Abstract The relationship between work and leisure has significantly changed in various segments of the contemporary, digitalized labor market. This article explores the characteristics of the developments that contributed to an increasing indistinguishability of work and leisure. It also discusses theoretical concepts associated with this ambiguity, namely prosumption, playbor and gamification, taking into account the issue of motivation, remuneration and the linkages between an individual engaged in a given activity and other agents.