Research Handbook of Careers in the Gig Economy

Edited by Jos Akkermans, Full Professor of Sustainable Careers, Department of Management & Organization, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Anne Keegan, Full Professor of Human Resource Management, HRM and Employment Relations Group, College of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland and François Pichault, Full Professor, HEC Liège – Management School, Liège University and Director of LENTIC (Laboratory for the Study of New Forms of Work, Innovation and Change), Belgium

• Contents1 Introduction: towards an inclusive perspective on careers in the gigeconomy 1Jos Akkermans, Anne Keegan and François Pichault2 Exploring precariousness in the gig economy using a multiple-levelperspective 15Annabelle Hofer and Daniel Spurk3 Decent work and meaningful work: insights from gig work 36Evgenia I. Lysova and Yiluyi Zeng4 Career sustainability in the gig economy: a delicate balancing act 51Sofie Jacobs, Jos Akkermans, Beatrice Van der Heijden and Ans De Vos5 Developing professionally while working independently: careerdevelopment of professionals working in the gig economy 67Erin Reid, Susan Ashford, Brianna Caza and Steve Granger6 Identifying career trajectories in the gig economy: from professional careerpath to anti-career 85Dominique Kost and Christian Fieseler7 Disruptive events in disruptive work: how career shocks impact gigworkers 96Maria Tamontseva, Karen Pak and Jérôme Sulbout8 The meaning and practice of benefits for gig workers 112Kristine M. Kuhn9 A configurational approach to career success in the gig economy 125David Cross, Huainan Wang, Qingyang Xu and Mina Beigi10 Working hard to make it work: career-based opportunities and risks in appwork 138James Duggan, Anthony McDonnell, Ultan Sherman and Ronan Carbery11 Careers and the gig economy: analyzing the broader effects of gig work oncareer patterns, dynamics and outcomes 149Jeroen Meijerink and Anne Keegan12 Freelancing, Platform Work and Precarious Careers 165Pulignano Valeria, Karol Muszyński and Maite Tapia13 Union membership: a career self-management strategy to cope with thecareer difficulties associated with working in the gig economy 178Pauline de Becdelièvre14 When matchmaking is not enough: the new role of labour marketintermediaries in supporting gig worker careers 187José L. Gallegos, Bas A.S. Koene and François Pichault15 Careers in the gig economy: the institutional context 202Tui McKeown, Patricia Leighton and François Pichault16 Careers and gig work in Sub-Saharan Africa 215Desmond Tutu Ayentimi and John Burgess

‘New developments require new ways of thinking. That’s exactly what this timely book does. Looking at careers in the gig economy from a broad variety of perspectives, the authors build on insight from career studies and further develop our understanding. A highly rewarding read for students, academics, and practitioners!’