Dilemma Work: Problem-Solving Multiple Work Roles Into One Work Life

IF 4.4 2区 社会学 Q1 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Phillipa K. Chong
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Abstract

Scholars have observed workers combining multiple work roles to earn a living to cope with the vicissitudes of the labor market. In studies of creative labor markets, this trend of workers broadening of their skills is termed “occupational generalism”. Previous scholarship has focused on the structural factors that push and pull workers into generalizing and combining multiple work roles. But we lack an understanding of the subjective experience of work as a generalist. I introduce the concept of dilemma work: a form of problem-solving wherein workers who have generalized their work portfolios, attempt to rationalize their professional practices to overcome conflicts that arise from occupying multiple work roles. Drawing on in-depth interviews with professional writers who also freelance as book reviewers, I find that these generalists use three dilemma work strategies: anchoring another role to guide action in the current one; incorporating multiple roles under a higher role or purpose; and compartmentalizing roles in order to act exclusively within a single identity. I propose the general value of a typology of dilemma work for understanding workers’ experience both within artistic labor markets, and beyond.
两难工作:在一个工作生活中解决多重工作角色
学者们观察到,为了应对劳动力市场的变化,工人们将多种工作角色结合起来谋生。在创造性劳动力市场的研究中,这种工人拓宽技能的趋势被称为“职业通用性”。以前的学术研究关注的是推动和拉动工人归纳和组合多重工作角色的结构性因素。但我们缺乏作为通才对工作的主观体验的理解。我介绍了两难工作的概念:一种解决问题的形式,在这种形式中,已经概括了他们的工作组合的工人,试图使他们的专业实践合理化,以克服因担任多种工作角色而产生的冲突。通过对一些职业作家的深度采访,我发现这些通才们使用了三种进退两难的工作策略:锚定另一个角色来指导当前角色的行动;多重角色的:在更高的角色或目的下结合多重角色的;并划分角色,以便在单一身份下单独行动。我提出困境工作类型学的一般价值,以理解工人在艺术劳动力市场内外的经验。
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5.90
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24.10%
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期刊介绍: For over 30 years, Work and Occupations has published rigorous social science research on the human dynamics of the workplace, employment, and society from an international, interdisciplinary perspective. Work and Occupations provides you with a broad perspective on the workplace, examining international approaches to work-related issues as well as insights from scholars in a variety of fields, including: anthropology, demography, education, government administration, history, industrial relations, labour economics, management, psychology, and sociology. In addition to regular features including research notes, review essays, and book reviews.
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