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Collaborating Without (Formal) Organization: How Do Independent Workers Call Into Question the Matter of Organization?

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  • Anthony Hussenot

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

  • Viviane Sergi

    (UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal)

Abstract

This chapter focuses on independent workers and on the organizational specificities of the independent workers' phenomenon. We treat independent workers as an emergent and continually shifting organizational phenomenon questioning some of our assumptions about what organizations are, and revealing trends that are currently reshaping work. We suggest viewing the independent workers' phenomenon as an open organizational phenomenon in which activities are project-oriented, temporality-oriented, and inclusive. This chapter contributes to an understanding of the independent workers' phenomenon as an organizational one that constantly (re)defines rules, roles, and statuses. It also contributes to a broader reflection on the matter of organization. Considered as an open organizational phenomenon, the independent workers' phenomenon calls the organization-society dualism into question. Finally, revealing the organizational aspects of independent workers' activities allows us to better understand some of the transformations that are nowadays affecting more traditional forms of work.

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  • Anthony Hussenot & Viviane Sergi, 2018. "Collaborating Without (Formal) Organization: How Do Independent Workers Call Into Question the Matter of Organization?," Post-Print hal-01948575, HAL.
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    Independent workers; Freelancers; Solopreneurs; coworkers; digital nomads; makers; Organization; Temporality; Project; Process thinking; Transformations of work 1;
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