Independent work, modern organizations and entrepreneurial labor: Diversity and hybridity of freelancers and self-employment. (8th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bögenhold, Dieter; Klinglmair, Andrea
• Is Part Of: Journal of management & organization. Volume 22:Number 6(2016)
• Page Start: 843
• Page End: 858
• Publication Date: 2016-08-08
• Subjects: self-employment, -- freelancer, -- entrepreneurship, -- hybridity, -- labor market; Management -- Periodicals; 658.005
• DOI: 10.1017/jmo.2016.29
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1833-3672

Abstract

Abstract: The paper deals with self-employment of one-(wo)man-firms as the smallest units of entrepreneurial companies and focuses at the blurred boundaries between dependent work and self-employment. We call the overlapping identities hybrid entrepreneurs. Based on the collected data it can be shown that the hybrid self-employed differ significantly from non-hybrid 'regular' entrepreneurs with respect to selected socio-demographic characteristics, professional, as well as company-specific factors. The paper takes up several of the findings and tries to discuss them in a framework of (micro) organizations, institutions and self-employment. Taking the case of hybrid employment fosters crucial and provoking questions for an appropriate understanding of the division of enterprises and occupations.