The Impact of Occupational Stigma on Gig Workers' Workplace Well-being

Abstract

This paper is not a clinical study, but it has some important conclusions for occupational health. Strategies for reducing occupational stigma should be prioritized to increase gig workers’ workplace well-being. Giving gig workers more control over their work is likely to buffer the detrimental effect of occupational stigma on work-contingent self-esteem.

The development and validation of tour guides internalized occupational stigma scale (TIOSS)

“…Tour guides' internalized occupational stigma can be defined as the negative consequences of guides' identification with dismissive occupation-related labels, perceptions of their occupation as groveling, immoral, and low prestige, resulting in perceived self-denial, discrimination, and rejection [11]. Individual's internalized occupational stigma can lead to impaired occupational reputation and diminished sense of career value, declining social status and reputation, and threats to job happiness and mental health [12][13][14][15][16]. Moreover, internalized occupational stigma also harms the professional behaviors of practitioners.…”