François Pichault, ainsi que Jos Akkermans (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) et Anne Keegan, (University College Dublin), ont édité et contribué à des chapitres de cette nouvelle publication.

Publié chez Edward Elgar Publishing, cet ouvrage (2025, 248 pages) explore la manière dont les carrières des gig workers s’inscrivent dans le paysage évolutif de l’emploi. Il fournit des informations essentielles sur la manière dont les individus peuvent naviguer avec succès et de manière durable dans la gig economy.

Table des matières

Chap.1 Introduction: towards an inclusive perspective on careers in the gig economy – Jos Akkermans, Anne Keegan and François Pichault
Chap.2 Exploring precariousness in the gig economy using a multiple-level perspective – Annabelle Hofer and Daniel Spurk
Chap.3 Decent work and meaningful work: insights from gig work – Evgenia I. Lysova and Yiluyi Zeng
Chap.4 Career sustainability in the gig economy: a delicate balancing act – Sofie Jacobs, Jos Akkermans, Beatrice Van der Heijden and Ans De Vos
Chap.5 Developing professionally while working independently: career development of professionals working in the gig economy – Erin Reid, Susan Ashford, Brianna Caza and Steve Granger
Chap.6 Identifying career trajectories in the gig economy: from professional career path to anti-career –Dominique Kost and Christian Fieseler
Chap.7 Disruptive events in disruptive work: how career shocks impact gig workers – Maria Tamontseva, Karen Pak and Jérôme Sulbout
Chap.8 The meaning and practice of benefits for gig workers – Kristine M. Kuhn
Chap.9 A configurational approach to career success in the gig economy – David Cross, Huainan Wang, Qingyang Xu and Mina Beigi
Chap.10 Working hard to make it work: career-based opportunities and risks in app work – James Duggan, Anthony McDonnell, Ultan Sherman and Ronan Carbery
Chap.11 Careers and the gig economy: analyzing the broader effects of gig work on career patterns, dynamics and outcomes – Jeroen Meijerink and Anne Keegan
Chap.12 Freelancing, Platform Work and Precarious Careers – Pulignano Valeria, Karol Muszyński and Maite Tapia
Chap.13 Union membership: a career self-management strategy to cope with the career difficulties associated with working in the gig economy – Pauline de Becdelièvre
Chap.14 When matchmaking is not enough: the new role of labour market intermediaries in supporting gig worker careers – José L. Gallegos, Bas A.S. Koene and François Pichault
Chap.15 Careers in the gig economy: the institutional context – Tui McKeown, Patricia Leighton and François Pichault
Chap.16 Careers and gig work in Sub-Saharan Africa – Desmond Tutu Ayentimi and John Burgess