For many months I have received the same paper from HSSC to review and review again. I am not the only reviewer. I do not know who the paper’s author is, only that the paper is written about the Chinese economy and the effect of oriental philosophy in developing data infrastructure, and digital finance. The author does not know who I am, other than that I identify myself as Western when encountering linguistic differences. There is very little interaction with the organization. It is the nature of remote work, as I know it, it takes place in a vacuum.
When I am in an institutional context my primary assumption is that I have no unique value to the institution so I approach my role with reserve. I bring capital to the relationship, signified by the term “psycap”.
Psycap is a form of capital that the corporation needs to mine from the depths of the individual worker’s mind to produce the innovation required in today’s world. financial capital makes exchange poss…
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