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Platforms as entrepreneurial incubators? How online labor markets shape work identity
Journal of Managerial Psychology ( IF 3.1 ) Pub Date : 2019-05-13 , DOI: 10.1108/jmp-06-2018-0269
Francesca Bellesia , Elisa Mattarelli , Fabiola Bertolotti , Maurizio Sobrero

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the process of work identity construction unfolds for gig workers experiencing unstable working relationships in online labor markets. In particular, it investigates how digital platforms, intended both as providers of technological features and online environments, affect this process. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an exploratory field study and collected data from 46 interviews with freelancers working on one of the most popular online labor markets and from online documents such as public profiles, job applications and archival data. Findings The findings reveal that the online environment constrains the action of workers who are pushed to take advantage of the platform’s technological features to succeed. This interplay leads workers to add new characteristics to their work-self and to and to develop an entrepreneurial an entrepreneurial orientation. Practical implications The study offers insights to platform providers interested in improving workers’ experiences in online labor markets, highlighting mechanisms for uncertainty reduction and diversifying a platform’s services according to gig workers’ identities and orientations. Originality/value The study expands the authors’ knowledge on work identity construction processes of gig workers, detailing the relationship between work identity and IT, and documents previously unexplored antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation in non-standard working contexts.

中文翻译:

作为企业孵化器的平台?在线劳动力市场如何塑造工作身份

目的本文的目的是探讨在在线劳动力市场中遇到不稳定工作关系的零工工人如何开展工作身份构建的过程。特别是,它调查了既要作为技术功能提供者又要作为在线环境的数字平台如何影响此过程。设计/方法/方法作者进行了一次探索性实地研究,并收集了来自46个访谈的数据,这些访谈来自从事最受欢迎的在线劳动力市场之一的自由职业者,以及来自在线文档,例如,公开资料,职位申请和档案数据。调查结果表明,在线环境限制了被迫利用平台技术功能获得成功的工人的行动。这种相互作用导致工人为自己的工作增加新的特征,并发展企业家的创业方向。实际意义该研究为有兴趣改善在线劳动力市场上的工人体验的平台提供商提供了见解,重点突出了减少不确定性的机制,并根据工作人员的身份和方向使平台的服务多样化。原创性/价值这项研究扩展了作者对演出工人的工作身份构建过程的知识,详细介绍了工作身份与IT之间的关系,并记录了以前在非标准工作环境中未曾探索过的创业方向的前身。实际意义该研究为有兴趣改善在线劳动力市场上的工人体验的平台提供商提供了见解,重点突出了减少不确定性的机制,并根据工作人员的身份和方向使平台的服务多样化。原创性/价值这项研究扩展了作者对演出工人的工作身份构建过程的知识,详细介绍了工作身份与IT之间的关系,并记录了以前在非标准工作环境中未曾探索过的创业方向的前身。实际意义该研究为有兴趣改善在线劳动力市场上的工人体验的平台提供商提供了见解,重点突出了减少不确定性的机制,并根据工作人员的身份和方向使平台的服务多样化。原创性/价值这项研究扩展了作者对演出工人的工作身份构建过程的知识,详细介绍了工作身份与IT之间的关系,并记录了以前在非标准工作环境中未曾探索过的创业方向的前身。
更新日期:2019-05-13
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