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Neither precarious nor entrepreneur: The subjective experience of hybrid self-employed workers

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  • Annalisa Murgia

    (Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy)

  • Valeria Pulignano

    (Centre for Sociological Research (CESO), KU Leuven, Belgium)

Abstract

This article focuses on the ‘hybridity’ of solo self-employment by shedding light on the lived experiences and meanings of the subjects within their institutional and socio-economic contexts. It offers an original perspective to the study of the hybridization of work by linking the subjective and objective conditions underpinning solo self-employed workers. The study found that solo self-employed workers exercise agency over their working lives while facing high levels of insecurity, and that their contextualized experiences are related to the dominant narratives about self-employment. At the same time, however, findings also show that solo self-employed are engaged in (re)-constructing their alternative and dissonant narratives as well.

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  • Annalisa Murgia & Valeria Pulignano, 2021. "Neither precarious nor entrepreneur: The subjective experience of hybrid self-employed workers," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 42(4), pages 1351-1377, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:42:y:2021:i:4:p:1351-1377
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X19873966
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