Die subjektive Wahrnehmung von Erwerbsarbeit: Arbeitsqualität und Arbeitszufriedenheit

Beckmann, Fabian

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“…This article investigates job quality in German minijobs as it is perceived by the employees. The analysis is based on a quantitative online survey of 1,004 minijobbers conducted during a PhD-project in April 2016 across all of Germany (for detailed information on the research design and empirical findings see Beckmann, 2019). For the study, employees in all kinds of minijobs were surveyed.…”

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“…Moreover, minijobbers rarely participate in further educational training and therefore tend to have only little chance for promotion (Bellmann et al, 2013). Since minijobs are a phenomenon of the service sectorapproximately 86 % of all minijobbers are employed in this sector -and can primarily be found in small and medium enterprises (SME), many of these employment relationships are not subject to industrial relations institutions (Beckmann, 2019). In combination with the majority of minijobbers working in low-skilled sectors and unskilled routine jobs, minijobs can be described as an example of work in an unstructured segment of the labour market (Sengenberger, 1987).…”

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Perceived Job Quality in German Minijobs. A Multidimensional Analysis of Work in Marginal Part-time Employment RelationshipsDate submitted: August 23, 2018Revised version accepted after double-blind review: February 11, 2019.

Beckmann¹

2020

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Minijobs, a special form of part-time employment, have developed into an established form of employment on the German labour market since the 1990s. They are heavily criticised for their potential labour market effects, their impact on employees’ social security and their bad working conditions. Due to the multiple risks, minijobs are often considered as prime examples of low-quality jobs. However, to date there has been hardly any research dealing with the subjective perception of the work situation of minijobbers, resulting in a minijob debate without minijobbers’ views. This article examines the perceived job quality in minijobs. Based on a quantitative survey, different dimensions of work in minijobs are being analysed, concentrating on the relationship between desired and experienced work situations. Moreover, the global job satisfaction of minijobbers and its predictors are investigated. The analysis shows that minijobs are evaluated positively regarding many intrinsic, social and health-related aspects of work and that the overall job evaluation is significantly correlated to the perceived job quality. The study underlines the need for multidimensional and subjective approaches to job quality as well as a nuanced critique of minijobs which has to differentiate between the institutional regulation, the working conditions and employees’ subjective perception.

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Perceived Job Quality in German Minijobs. A Multidimensional Analysis of Work in Marginal Part-time Employment RelationshipsDate submitted: August 23, 2018Revised version accepted after double-blind review: February 11, 2019.

Beckmann¹

2020

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“…Even among those performing ‘mini-jobs’ which like crowdworking jobs are often considered an additional source of income but are usually low paid, provide little to no social security protection and involve zero-hour contracts, 77% of employees consider a good income important or very important, while 82% feel that an income that is fair with respect to their performance is likewise important or very important (Beckmann, 2019: 251–342). In both of these respects, the 2016 found a poor match between employees’ expectations and reality: this match was only 47% for a good income and 48% for a fair performance-related income (Beckmann, 2019: 293).…”

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“… 1 Despite other parallels, this is one respect in which crowdworkers differ from ‘mini-jobbers’ in Germany, that is, those who work in low-hour, and typically low-wage jobs that are contractually regulated. ‘Mini-jobbers’ are more often female, rarely have a university degree, and are more evenly distributed across age groups (Figures by German Labour Statistics according to Beckmann, 2019: 170; for 26%, the qualification level is unknown). In comparison with another group, the self-employed crowdworkers are more likely to have a university degree, but the proportion of males among the self-employed is slightly higher, and the self-employed are also significantly older (Brenke and Beznoska, 2016: 20–25). …”

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Justice expectations in crowd and platform-mediated work

Pfeiffer

Kawalec

2020

Econ. labour relat. rev.

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Crowdwork conducted via digital platforms is a young form of work, but a growing part of the gig economy. Typical for crowdwork is low pay, volatile income streams and no social security benefits. Also, crowdworkers have few possibilities for social comparison or negotiation because they work outside of company organisations. This article examines the question of whether these conditions mean that crowdworkers’ expectations about justice in crowdwork arrangements differ in comparison to their expectations regarding justice in conventional employment relationships. This question is addressed empirically on the basis of 36 qualitative interviews and a survey of 230 crowdworkers. The justice expectations of crowdworkers involved in different types of crowdworking platforms in German-speaking countries were examined. In our sample, crowd work typically serves to supplement – not replace – conventional employment. This explorative research shows that crowdworkers use similar standards of justice regarding work performance in their evaluations of work mediated via crowdwork platforms and conventional employment. It shows that crowdworkers perceive injustices in four specific areas: planning insecurity, lack of transparency in performance evaluation, lack of clarity in task briefings and low remuneration. These areas correspond to the theoretical dimensions of distributive and procedural justice on Colquitt’s (2001) organisational justice scale. These findings have implications for future efforts to regulate crowdwork. JEL codes: J88; J3

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Atypische Beschäftigungsverhältnisse

Keller¹

2021

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Die subjektive Wahrnehmung von Erwerbsarbeit: Arbeitsqualität und Arbeitszufriedenheit

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Perceived Job Quality in German Minijobs. A Multidimensional Analysis of Work in Marginal Part-time Employment RelationshipsDate submitted: August 23, 2018Revised version accepted after double-blind review: February 11, 2019.

Perceived Job Quality in German Minijobs. A Multidimensional Analysis of Work in Marginal Part-time Employment RelationshipsDate submitted: August 23, 2018Revised version accepted after double-blind review: February 11, 2019.

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