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Research Handbook of Careers in the Gig Economy
This Research Handbook explores how gig workers’ careers fit into the evolving employment landscape. It provides essential insights into how individuals can navigate the gig economy successfully and sustainably.
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This Research Handbook explores how gig workers’ careers fit into the evolving employment landscape. It provides essential insights into how individuals can navigate the gig economy successfully and sustainably.
Bringing together a diverse, global collective of contributors, the editors showcase how careers can unfold in the gig economy. They investigate a wide variety of occupations from cleaners to performing artists and from courier work to short-term contracts in the IT and design sectors, demonstrating the complexity of gig employment. Authors assess the dynamics of flexibility, unpredictability, meaningfulness and sustainability to present a detailed picture of the advantages and challenges of gig work in a fast-paced and complicated modern world.
Scholars and students focusing on work or industrial and organizational psychology, human resource management, the sociology of work, decent work, and economic growth will find this Research Handbook a useful reference tool. Consultants and policy makers focusing on regulatory frameworks will additionally benefit from its real-world insights.
Bringing together a diverse, global collective of contributors, the editors showcase how careers can unfold in the gig economy. They investigate a wide variety of occupations from cleaners to performing artists and from courier work to short-term contracts in the IT and design sectors, demonstrating the complexity of gig employment. Authors assess the dynamics of flexibility, unpredictability, meaningfulness and sustainability to present a detailed picture of the advantages and challenges of gig work in a fast-paced and complicated modern world.
Scholars and students focusing on work or industrial and organizational psychology, human resource management, the sociology of work, decent work, and economic growth will find this Research Handbook a useful reference tool. Consultants and policy makers focusing on regulatory frameworks will additionally benefit from its real-world insights.
Critical Acclaim
‘New developments require new ways of thinking. That’s exactly what this timely book does. Looking at careers in the gig economy from a broad variety of perspectives, the authors build on insight from career studies and further develop our understanding. A highly rewarding read for students, academics, and practitioners!’
– Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
‘This book offers a compelling investigation of the evolving ecosystem of work, the worker, and the workplace. An international group of esteemed scholars provide insights that are rich in theory and empirical evidence, and this sets the stage for further scholarship and best practice. The authors illustrate how the “gig economy” signals a paradigm shift and reconceptualization of traditional views of careers. In the contemporary setting, our premises about careers – their choice, development, progression, duration, and belonging – are fundamentally challenged. These challenges sit within the broader context of economic, technological, social and legal implications. Definitely a worthwhile resource for career research and practice.’
– Scott A. Snell, UVA Darden, USA
‘The gig economy epitomises the nature of contemporary careers, offering a non-traditional option for individuals and organisations exploring new avenues for careers. This Research Handbook provides a much needed resource that will be of great help for careers scholars.’
– Yehuda Baruch, University of Southampton, UK
– Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
‘This book offers a compelling investigation of the evolving ecosystem of work, the worker, and the workplace. An international group of esteemed scholars provide insights that are rich in theory and empirical evidence, and this sets the stage for further scholarship and best practice. The authors illustrate how the “gig economy” signals a paradigm shift and reconceptualization of traditional views of careers. In the contemporary setting, our premises about careers – their choice, development, progression, duration, and belonging – are fundamentally challenged. These challenges sit within the broader context of economic, technological, social and legal implications. Definitely a worthwhile resource for career research and practice.’
– Scott A. Snell, UVA Darden, USA
‘The gig economy epitomises the nature of contemporary careers, offering a non-traditional option for individuals and organisations exploring new avenues for careers. This Research Handbook provides a much needed resource that will be of great help for careers scholars.’
– Yehuda Baruch, University of Southampton, UK
