Research handbook of careers in the gig economy

edited by Jos Akkermans, (Full Professor of Sustainable Careers, Department of Management & Organization, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Anne Keegan (Full Professor of Human Resource Management, HRM and Employment Relations Group, College of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland), and Franȯis Pichault (Full Professor, HEC Lig̈e - Management School, Lig̈e University and Director of LENTIC (Laboratory for the Study of New Forms of Work, Innovation and Change), Belgium)

"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"--

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Year of publication:	2026
Other Persons:	Akkermans, Jos (ed.) ; Keegan, Anne (ed.) ; Pichault, François (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Erwerbsverlauf \| Occupational attainment \| Atypische Beschäftigung \| Non-standard employment \| Gig Economy \| Gig economy \| Karriereplanung \| Career development \| Welt \| World

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (248 pages)
Series:	Research handbook of careers in the gig economy
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: 1. Introduction: Towards an inclusive perspective on careers in the gig economy / Jos Akkermans, Anne Keegan and François Pichault -- 2. Exploring precariousness in the gig economy using a multiple-level perspective / Annabelle Hofer and Daniel Spurk -- 3. Decent work and meaningful work: Insights from gig work / Evgenia I. Lysova and Yiluyi Zeng -- 4. Career sustainability in the gig economy: A delicate balancing act / Sofie Jacobs, Jos Akkermans, Beatrice Van der Heijden and Ans De Vos -- 5. Developing professionally while working independently: Career development of professionals working in the gig economy / Erin Reid, Susan Ashford, Brianna Caza and Steve Granger -- 6. Identifying career trajectories in the gig economy: From professional career path to anti-career / Dominique Kost and Christian Fieseler -- 7. Disruptive events in disruptive work: How career shocks impact gig workers / Maria Tamontseva, Karen Pak and Jérôme Sulbout -- 8. The meaning and practice of benefits for gig workers / Kristine M. Kuhn -- 9. A configurational approach to career success in the gig economy / David Cross, Huainan Wang, Qingyang Xu and Mina Beigi -- 10. Working hard to make it work: Career-based opportunities and risks in app work / James Duggan, Anthony McDonnell, Ultan Sherman and Ronan Carbery -- 11. Careers and the gig economy: Analyzing the broader effects of gig work on career patterns, dynamics and outcomes / Jeroen Meijerink and Anne Keegan -- 12. Freelancing, platform work and precarious careers / Pulignano Valeria, Karol Muszyński and Maite Tapia -- 13. Union membership: A career self-management strategy to cope with the career difficulties associated with working in the gig economy / Pauline de Becdelièvre -- 14. When matchmaking is not enough: The new role of labour market intermediaries in supporting gig worker careers / José L. Gallegos, Bas A.S. Koene and François Pichault -- 15. Careers in the gig economy: The institutional context / Tui McKeown, Patricia Leighton and François Pichault -- 16. Careers and gig work in sub-saharan Africa / Desmond Tutu Ayentimi and John Burgess.
ISBN:	978-1-0353-1853-7 ; 978-1-0353-1852-0
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781035318537 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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