A qualitative exploration of solo self-employed workers' career sustainability

Groenendaal, Sjanne Marie Elyse Van Den; Akkermans, Jos; Fleisher, Chen; Kooij, Dorien; Freese, Charissa

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103692

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“…In addition, extant studies on career sustainability mainly employed a qualitative approach (e.g. Van den Groenendaal et al, 2022) or used a partial set of indicators to ascertain career sustainability (for an exception, see Tordera et al, 2020). Although qualitative studies have been enormously helpful in advancing early conceptualization, we believe that more empirical research is needed to push forward the emerging literature on sustainable careers (De Vos et al, 2020;Van der Heijden et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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How do individual factors affect career sustainability? An investigation of cascading effects through the career construction model of adaptation

Talluri

Schreurs

Uppal

2022

CDI

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PurposeThough the recent conceptualization of career sustainability, defining its indicators and dimensions prompted an important field of careers research, empirical research is still in its infancy. The current study empirically investigates how proactive personality, career adaptability and proactive career behaviors promote career sustainability based on the career construction model of adaptation.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used a two-wave survey design to collect data from 414 full-time working professionals representing different organizations located in India. The authors tested the proposed hypotheses using structural equation modeling in IBM SPSS AMOS.FindingsResults supported a serial indirect effect model with career adaptability and proactive career behaviors carrying the effect of proactive personality on career sustainability.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the emerging sustainable careers literature by unveiling the role of individual factors in career sustainability. Furthermore, the authors investigated these relationships through the complete career construction model of adaptation. By doing so, the current study contributes to careers literature by revealing the linkage between the career construction model of adaptation and career sustainability.

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, extant studies on career sustainability mainly employed a qualitative approach (e.g. Van den Groenendaal et al. , 2022) or used a partial set of indicators to ascertain career sustainability (for an exception, see Tordera et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

How do individual factors affect career sustainability? An investigation of cascading effects through the career construction model of adaptation

Talluri

Schreurs

Uppal

2022

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“…Scale items for work engagement were adopted from Sun et al (2022b) and Singh (2022). Concerning sustainability employability items were adopted from Huque et al (2022), van den Groenendaal et al (2022) and Donald et al (2020). As scale items were adopted from prior studies, construct reliability, internal consistency, indicator loading, convergent and discriminant validity of these constructs were tested through measurement model.…”

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Fostering employee work engagement and sustainable employment during COVID-19 crisis through HR practices, employee psychological well-being and psychological empowerment

Rahi

2023

ICT

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Purpose This study aims to investigate employee behavior toward work engagement with an integrative research framework that combines human resource practices, employee psychological empowerment and well-being. Moreover, the moderating effect of transformational leadership is tested between employee engagement at workplace during crisis such as COVID-19 and sustainable employment. Design/methodology/approach This study empirically investigates research framework with 353 responses retrieved from employees working in private sector organizations. The data were collected through structured, closed-ended questionnaires. For inferential analysis, structural equation modeling approach has been used. To test the predictive power of the research framework, blindfolding procedure Q2 is incorporated. Findings Statistical findings indicate that HR compensation, HR training, opportunity enhancing, motivation enhancing, psychological well-being and empowerment have explained substantial variance (R2 = 67.5%) in employee work engagement during crisis. Concerning with sustainable employment, the transformational leadership and work engagement have shown significant variance (R2 = 20.6%) in determining sustainable employment. Moving further psychological empowerment has revealed maximum effect size (f2) to determine employee engagement behavior at work place during pandemic crisis. The blindfolding procedure Q2 has exhibited substantial power to predict employee work engagement and sustainable employment during crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic. Practical implications This study has several contributions to theory and practice. Theoretically, this study develops an integrative research framework with the help of human resource practices and employee psychological factors such as employee well-being and empowerment. Therefore, practically, this research suggests that factors such as opportunity enhancing, transformational leadership and employee psychological empowerment need managerial attention to increase employee engagement at workplace and sustainable employment during pandemic crisis. Social implications With the growing concerns of layoff during pandemic crisis, employees have shown lack of interest at workplace because of psychological fears. Nevertheless, this study has established that policymakers could enhance employee engagement at workplace and sustainable employment during crisis by redesigning HR practices and improving employee psychological well-being and empowerment. In addition to that, employee psychological well-being and empowerment are considered healthy factors for human beings and nurture society at large. Originality/value This research is original as it establishes an integrative research framework grounded in HR practices, employee psychological empowerment and employee psychological well-being to investigate employee behavior at work place during crisis such as pandemic. In addition to that, this study has enriched leadership literature by examining the moderating effect of transformational leadership between employee work engagement and sustainable employment.

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“…The term ‘self‐employed’ captures a wide variety of arrangements and, in the case of visual artists and craft practitioners, is likely to include significant numbers of sole traders—such as artists producing art for sale, artists working on commission, and artists undertaking short‐term project‐related contracts. Self‐employment is known to contribute to income insecurity for many and can be detrimental to health (van den Groenendaal et al 2022). While few studies focus specifically on self‐employment and precarity within the visual arts and crafts sector, a significant literature exists that identifies the lack of job and income security across the cultural and creative sectors (Bridges 2018; Hennekam and Bennett 2017; Morgan, Wood and Nelligan 2013).…”

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The Incomes of Visual Artists: Which Artists, What Income?

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Australian Economic Review

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We review a body of literature that addresses the incomes of visual artists and their participation in the labour market. It is clear that the level and composition of visual artists’ incomes varies widely, as does their engagement in different forms of employment. The lack of a consistent definition of an artist and a lack of consistency in income sources included in current data collection presents challenges for researchers. The focus of our research is on the economic status of visual artists in Australia, and we identify a number of considerations that might inform policy responses to their financial position.

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A qualitative exploration of solo self-employed workers' career sustainability

Cited by 24 publications

References 54 publications

How do individual factors affect career sustainability? An investigation of cascading effects through the career construction model of adaptation

How do individual factors affect career sustainability? An investigation of cascading effects through the career construction model of adaptation

Fostering employee work engagement and sustainable employment during COVID-19 crisis through HR practices, employee psychological well-being and psychological empowerment

The Incomes of Visual Artists: Which Artists, What Income?

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