From surviving to thriving in the gig economy: A research agenda for individuals in the new world of work

By Susan J. Ashford, B. Caza, Erin Reid. 2018

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Flexible employment relationships and careers in times of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, unknown): “However, labor activists fear that gig work is associated with increased risks for workers, including precarious and demanding employment conditions (including low or sporadic pay, lack of welfare coverage, social isolation, overwork, less developmental opportunities, and job as well as career insec”
Working on my own: Measuring the challenges of gig work (2021, methodology): “…relationship to (and therefore advantages from) a particular organization confront fundamentally different working conditions than do those employed within organizations and, as a result, are likely to have quite different experiences of their work (Ashford et al., 2018; Spreitzer et al., 2017).”
The organisation and experience of work in the gig economy (2019, background): “Altogether, as gig workers lack the more stable social connections that characterise traditional work, they must thus exert agency to construct relationships, building ties with other independent workers, clients, supporters and employer/s (Ashford et al., 2018).”
COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action. (2020, background): “better understand and enable individuals to not only survive in this new world of work, but also to thrive (Ashford et al., 2018).”
Job Seeking: The Process and Experience of Looking for a Job (2020, background): “Because some workers are making careers out of gig work (Ashford et al. 2018,Caza et al. 2018), research should explore the intensity and content of behaviors entailed in continually replenishing expiring projects with new ones, as well as examine the nature and predictors of emotional trajectories…”