Browsing by Subject "Gig economy"

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    Knowledge Sharing among Contract Workers in Spaces Outside the Organization
    (2020-08) Lee, Eu Gene
    This study examines knowledge sharing behavior of gig economy contract workers in online communities and focuses on the role of their organizational identification, occupational identification, and commitment. The study has two parts; a case study on Uber and Lyft drivers who share knowledge via Facebook online communities and a survey on gig economy contract workers. Knowledge sharing behavior was examined through a content analysis of key themes, and the relationship between different variables was tested using the survey data. Findings underscore how contract workers actively share and enhance community knowledge through online discussion. There is evidence of contract workers developing a rich body of knowledge external to parent organizations. The study shows a moderation effect of internalization between the relationship of organizational commitment and knowledge-seeking and donating, which asserts the importance of building relationships between workers and the organization to enhance both organizational commitment and knowledge sharing.
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    Perpetual Pivot Points: How Gig Careerists Experience and Navigate Job Search and Job Change
    (2021-06) Csillag, Borbala
    Through an inductive study of individuals working in film production, this dissertation elucidates the process of perpetual project exit, job search, and reemployment as experienced by gig careerists (freelancers working sequential projects in temporary organizations). We know very little about career progression and its enablers in contexts where individuals assume jobs for pre-specified, finite periods of time. Employing a grounded theory approach drawing on 46 informant interviews, I explore the interpretations, subjective contextual interactions, and relational dynamics of gig careerists as they leave, seek, and start new jobs over and over again. Findings reveal cycles of all-encompassing, personally exhausting anchor projects alternating with quieter periods of nonwork or smaller scope projects. Informants distanced themselves from typical job search in order to enable their recovery and to invest in more passive, informal job search that used individual reputations to attract opportunities. To cultivate positive individual reputations, foster social solidarity within their teams, and thus attain career continuity, individuals exhibited team performance supporting practices during anchor projects. This study contributes to job search scholarship and the nontraditional careers literature.