Editing Knowledge worker (section)

{{short description|Worker whose main capital is knowledge}}
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'''Knowledge workers''' are [[workforce|workers]] whose main [[capital (economics)|capital]] is [[knowledge]]. Examples include [[Information_and_communications_technology|ICT professionals]], [[physician|physicians]], [[pharmacist|pharmacists]], [[architect|architects]], [[engineer|engineers]], [[scientist|scientists]], [[design thinking|designers]], public [[accountant|accountants]], [[lawyer|lawyers]], [[librarian|librarians]], [[archivist|archivists]], [[editing|editors]], and [[Academy#Academic personnel|academics]], whose job is to "think for a living".<ref name="Davenport2005">{{cite book|last=Davenport|first=Thomas H.|title=Thinking For A Living: How to Get Better Performance and Results From Knowledge Workers|year=2005|publisher=Harvard Business School Press|location=Boston|isbn=1-59139-423-6|url=https://archive.org/details/thinkingforlivin00dave}}</ref>