Open-collar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Open-collar is an adjective meaning (informal, idiomatic) Of or pertaining to work that is performed from home, especially by means of the Internet.
Meaning
(informal, idiomatic) Of or pertaining to work that is performed from home, especially by means of the Internet.
Example Sentences
Far from being some special breed in three-button suits, these hard-working people are blue collar as often as white collar and, increasingly, the open collar workers of the information age.
In qualitative studies, open-collar workers said they felt they accomplished more because there were fewer interruptions. Employers also find that offering telecommuting positions can give them a recruiting advantage.
The white-collar worker and open-collar professional have been imbued from earliest schooling with an individualist, anti-labor organizational ethic. Added to this, the new technologies are being utilized, in some cases, to restore patterns of home work and piece work.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unbuttoned, online, virtual, internetty, wired, overemployed.
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