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Autonomy at work in the gig economy: analysing work status, work content and working conditions of independent professionals

Pichault, François, McKeown, Tui·2019·New Technology, Work and Employment
DOI 10.1111/ntwe.12132
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This paper offers a critical perspective on the debate surrounding autonomy at work for a specific category of non‐standard workers: independent professionals. The increasing numbers now working this way as well as their spread into all sectors, industries and occupations, mean that their work arrangements can no longer be dismissed as non‐standard or atypical. Defining them by what they are not is quite simply no longer an option. Our paper examines the various components intertwined behind the taken‐for‐granted concept of autonomy. Drawing on debates from the legal through to the sociological and HR literatures, we identify three underlying dimensions to autonomy. When combined, they provide the basis for an analytical matrix that may assist policy makers, practitioners and individual workers to understand the challenges and opportunities linked to new ways of working.

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Metadata

Authors
Pichault, F., & McKeown, T.
ORCID
Pichault, François
Venue
New Technology, Work and Employment
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-03
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
59-72
ISSN
  • 0268-1072
  • 1468-005X
DOI
10.1111/ntwe.12132
Cited by
110
References
5
Language
en
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 7 d)
Funders
Securex professorship « Towards new opportunities for organisations, people & employment intermediaries in a changing labour market »

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