List of Figures and Tablesxi
About the Editorsxiii
About the Contributorsxv
Foreword 1xxv
Foreword 2xxvii
Prefacexxix
Part I: The New Perspective in Research on Blue-collar Workers
Chapter 1: The Intellectual Structure of Academic Studies on Blue-collar Workers 
Caner Asbaş, Şule Tuzlukaya, Halil Eroğlu and Erdem Kırkbeşoğlu3
Chapter 2: The Relationship Between Negative Ties and Blue-collar Employees’ Performance and Ethical Voice: The Mediating Effects of Personal Reputation 
Amer Ali Al-Atwi, H. Cenk Sözen and Elham Alshaibani19
Chapter 3: The Role of Gender in Assessments of Employees’ Psychosocial Risks to Work 
Hulusi Karabiber, Sena Kurt and Yonca Deniz Gürol31
Chapter 4: The Role of Job Crafting in the Effect of Job Passion on Job Satisfaction 
Gamze Güner Kibaroğlu, Bircan Güner and H. Nejat Basım45
Chapter 5: How Blue-Collar Workers Can Enhance Their Negative Social Identity? 
Nurcan Kemikkıran67
Chapter 6: What Goes Around Comes Around: Sentiments of Couriers During Covid-19 Pandemic 
Pinar Özbilen, Alev Özer Torgalöz and Sevgin Batuk Ünlü87
Part II: The New Perspective in Research on Gray-collar Workers
Chapter 7: Organizational Mnemonics of Gray Collar Workers: Implementing SNA, ABM, and ANT 
Bora Aksu and Merve Vuslat Aksu105
Chapter 8: Social Ties or Nature: The Effect of Social Ties on Self-leadership of Gray-collar Workers 
Pınar Fayganoğlu, Koruhan Fayganoğlu and Rukiye Can Yalçın119
Chapter 9: What Color is Your Collar? Examining Gray-collar Disabled Arts Workers 
Ruth Rentschler, Ayşe Collins, Karen Williams and Fara Azmat139
Part III: Blue and Gray Collar Workers – Issues and Challenges
Chapter 10: A Note on the Nature of Collar 
Bahar Araz and Ipek Kalemci Tuzun159
Chapter 11: Implications of Employee Empowerment on Covid-19 Cases in High Medicaid Nursing Homes 
Ferhat Devrim Zengul, Justin Lord, Ganisher Davlyatov, Akbar Ghiasi, Gregory Orewa and Robert Weech-Maldonado167
Chapter 12: Organizational Culture, Human Resource Management Practices, and Blue and Gray Collar Workers’ Turnover: The Case of Underresourced Nursing Homes in the USA 
Robert Weech-Maldonado, Akbar Ghiasi, Justin Lord, Ganisher Davlyatov, Larry Hearld, Ferhat Devrim Zengul and Kent Rondeau181
Chapter 13: Silent Heroes of Strategy: Neglected Role of Blue and Gray Collar Workers 
Mehmet Barca and Semih Ceyhan197
Chapter 14: Media Representation and the Worker: A Qualitative Analysis on TV Ads 
Ebru Akçay, Aslı Şahinkaya Ermiş and G. Senem Gençtürk Hızal211
Chapter 15: The Role of Creative Labor as a Value in the Creation of Perfumes 
Tural Aliyev229
Chapter 16: Creativity and Labor in Digitally Driven Market: The Case of Freelance Illustrator 
Semra Ay and Kübra Canlı241
Chapter 17: The Importance of the Government Role and Its Interaction in the Sharing Economy and Gig Workers 
Ali Ilhan253
Index263

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