On the Precarity-Spectrum: Exploring Different Levels of Precariousness in Market-Mediated Professional WorkDate submitted: November 19, 2019Date accepted after double-blind review: February 1, 2021

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Management Revue Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.5771/0935-9915-2021-3-266

Maria Norbäck, A. Styhre

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Abstract

Employment studies point to the growth of contractual work and the decline of stable “career jobs”. Reporting on a study of freelance journalists and life science professionals working in thinly capitalized startups, this article substantiates the argument that market-mediated professional work includes undesirable and unanticipated consequences, resulting in costs being borne by the individual professional, which makes this kind of work precarious. However, precariousness is distributed and experienced differently by professional groups. This study contributes to the literature on precarious professional work by illustrating that there is a “spectrum of precarity” when it comes to market-mediated professional work, along which professional groups experience precarity to different degrees. Factors that influence the degree of precarity include marketplace bargaining power: the market demand for professional services and the supply of professional workers; the form of economic remuneration (salary vs. piece rate); and the individual’s general life situation. We conclude by discussing the possible societal ramifications accompanying the increasing precariousness of professional work.

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关于不稳定性谱系:探索市场介导的专业工作中的不同程度的不稳定性提交日期:2019年11月19日双盲审查后接受日期:2021年2月1日

就业研究指出，合同制工作在增加，而稳定的“职业工作”在减少。这篇文章通过对在资金匮乏的初创公司工作的自由记者和生命科学专业人士的研究，证实了这样一种观点，即市场介导的专业工作包括不受欢迎的和意想不到的后果，导致成本由专业人士个人承担，这使得这种工作不稳定。然而，不稳定性在专业群体中的分布和体验是不同的。本研究通过说明当涉及到市场中介的专业工作时，存在“不稳定性谱”，专业群体经历不同程度的不稳定性，从而对不稳定性专业工作的文献做出了贡献。影响不稳定程度的因素包括市场议价能力:市场对专业服务的需求和专业工人的供给;经济报酬形式(工资与计件工资);以及个人的总体生活状况。最后，我们讨论了专业工作日益不稳定可能带来的社会后果。

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期刊介绍： Management Revue - Socio-Economic Studies is an interdisciplinary European journal that undergoes peer review. It publishes qualitative and quantitative work, along with purely theoretical papers, contributing to the study of management, organization, and industrial relations. The journal welcomes contributions from various disciplines, including business and public administration, organizational behavior, economics, sociology, and psychology. Regular features include reviews of books relevant to management and organization studies. Special issues provide a unique perspective on specific research fields. Organized by selected guest editors, each special issue includes at least two overview articles from leaders in the field, along with at least three new empirical papers and up to ten book reviews related to the topic. The journal aims to offer in-depth insights into selected research topics, presenting potentially controversial perspectives, new theoretical insights, valuable empirical analysis, and brief reviews of key publications. Its objective is to establish Management Revue - Socio-Economic Studies as a top-quality symposium journal for the international academic community.