Proteus looks around: Agency, time, and context in a Gig Economy career analysis
Contemporary career studies based on the protean career theory emphasize individual characteristics such as adaptability and flexibility. However, it is important to consider elements that permeate and influence the individual’s agency and career paths. This study analyzes how the perspectives of ti...
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| author | Marcia Cristiane Vaclavik Sidinei Rocha-de-Oliveira Andrea Poleto Oltramari |
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| description | Contemporary career studies based on the protean career theory emphasize individual characteristics such as adaptability and flexibility. However, it is important to consider elements that permeate and influence the individual’s agency and career paths. This study analyzes how the perspectives of time and context, in addition to the individual’s agency, influence the career paths of gig economy workers. The qualitative analysis of data collected from interviews with 57 Brazilian app-based drivers enabled developing an empirically based typology with eight workers’ profiles and different ways of adaptation, including how they experience the activity and how they redirect their professional paths. Although adaptability marks their career trajectory, the time and context limit the area in which they can work and exercise agency. This study joins a broader movement in the career field and international studies that seek a better understanding of the gig economy and its consequences. The emergence of app-based activities resulting from a particular time and technological context brings different ways to adapt and change career plans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c49751c36bd47f387ff74c85cccd0ab2023-01-02T20:03:19ZengAssociação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)BAR: Brazilian Administration Review1807-76922021-06-01182e200098e20009810.1590/1807-7692bar2021200098519Proteus looks around: Agency, time, and context in a Gig Economy career analysisMarcia Cristiane Vaclavik0Sidinei Rocha-de-Oliveira1Andrea Poleto Oltramari2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilContemporary career studies based on the protean career theory emphasize individual characteristics such as adaptability and flexibility. However, it is important to consider elements that permeate and influence the individual’s agency and career paths. This study analyzes how the perspectives of time and context, in addition to the individual’s agency, influence the career paths of gig economy workers. The qualitative analysis of data collected from interviews with 57 Brazilian app-based drivers enabled developing an empirically based typology with eight workers’ profiles and different ways of adaptation, including how they experience the activity and how they redirect their professional paths. Although adaptability marks their career trajectory, the time and context limit the area in which they can work and exercise agency. This study joins a broader movement in the career field and international studies that seek a better understanding of the gig economy and its consequences. The emergence of app-based activities resulting from a particular time and technological context brings different ways to adapt and change career plans.https://bar.anpad.org.br/index.php/bar/article/view/519gig economycontemporary careerscareer ecosystemapp-based driverslabor market |
| spellingShingle | Marcia Cristiane Vaclavik Sidinei Rocha-de-Oliveira Andrea Poleto Oltramari Proteus looks around: Agency, time, and context in a Gig Economy career analysis BAR: Brazilian Administration Review gig economy contemporary careers career ecosystem app-based drivers labor market |
| title | Proteus looks around: Agency, time, and context in a Gig Economy career analysis |
| title_full | Proteus looks around: Agency, time, and context in a Gig Economy career analysis |
| title_fullStr | Proteus looks around: Agency, time, and context in a Gig Economy career analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Proteus looks around: Agency, time, and context in a Gig Economy career analysis |
| title_short | Proteus looks around: Agency, time, and context in a Gig Economy career analysis |
| title_sort | proteus looks around agency time and context in a gig economy career analysis |
| topic | gig economy contemporary careers career ecosystem app-based drivers labor market |
| url | https://bar.anpad.org.br/index.php/bar/article/view/519 |
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