The rise of independent professionals: Their challenge for management

Leighton, Patricia; McKeown, Tui

doi:10.1080/13215906.2015.1085627

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“…The possibility to share professional expertise reinforces the co-construction of a collective identity, as shown by Garrett et al (2017). When workers may refer to standards provided by professional bodies (Leighton and McKeown, 2015), their discretionary power regarding clients' requests and expectations is higher. Freidson (2001) presents professionalism as an alternative to markets and hierarchies.…”

Section: Autonomy In Work Contentmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…These four options may have distinct implications in terms of access to social protections—such as sickness, disability or retirement. As noted by Leighton and McKeown (: 123), ‘the “whether” of an IPro operating as a limited company, or working through a partnership or being supplied by an agency etc., are fundamental questions regarding liability if things go wrong’. Relating this to option 1 above, workers must assume self‐responsibility and utilise private insurance systems for the level of protection they want to/can afford to be covered for.…”

Section: From Independence To Autonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(). When workers may refer to standards provided by professional bodies (Leighton and McKeown, ), their discretionary power regarding clients’ requests and expectations is higher. Freidson () presents professionalism as an alternative to markets and hierarchies.…”

Section: From Independence To Autonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Autonomy at work in the gig economy: analysing work status, work content and working conditions of independent professionals

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McKeown²

2019

New Technol Work Employ

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This paper offers a critical perspective on the debate surrounding autonomy at work for a specific category of non‐standard workers: independent professionals. The increasing numbers now working this way as well as their spread into all sectors, industries and occupations, mean that their work arrangements can no longer be dismissed as non‐standard or atypical. Defining them by what they are not is quite simply no longer an option. Our paper examines the various components intertwined behind the taken‐for‐granted concept of autonomy. Drawing on debates from the legal through to the sociological and HR literatures, we identify three underlying dimensions to autonomy. When combined, they provide the basis for an analytical matrix that may assist policy makers, practitioners and individual workers to understand the challenges and opportunities linked to new ways of working.

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“…The prevailing definitions of professionals are logically associated with self-employment (Leighton and McKeown 2015;Nye and Jenkins 2016;Rapelli 2012). However, the seminal paper of Cappelli and Keller (2012) on nonstandard work provides a more complex analytical framework leading to the differentiation of at least four situations:…”

Section: Autonomy In Work Statusmentioning

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“…It is also a workforce which can represent a challenge to the traditional organizational and social structures of the workplace, particularly as the intellectual rather than manual nature of their work makes it difficult to apply traditional bureaucratic control over what they do (Thompson et al 2009;Wynn 2016). Rapelli (2012), Leighton and McKeown (2015), or again Nye and Jenkins (2016) use the term independent professionals (IPros) to capture this population. Their research highlights how uncomfortable they feel with standard employment relationships usually associated with bureaucratic systems and stressful working conditions.…”

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Introduction: self-employed professionals in a comparative perspective

Semenza¹,

Pichault²

2019

The Challenges of Self-Employment in Europe

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Independent professionals as talent: Evidence from individual views of working as a contractor

McKeown

Pichault

2020

Human Resource Management

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In this article we challenge the assumption that independent professionals (IPros), that is professionals who work as contractors, freelancers, and self‐employed individuals, are not within the remit of talent management (TM) theory and practice. The TM literature is almost exclusively focused on traditional employees and largely ignores the external workforce, even if like IPros, they epitomize high‐value talent. Moreover, much of the TM literature takes an organizational perspective while the individual perspective remains marginal. Advancing the notion of institutional factors in the macro environment suggested by King and Vaiman, we draw on interviews with 52 IPros in two contrasted institutional contexts to provide an agentic view of TM from outside of the standard employment relationship. Our findings reveal the importance of volition, emotional stability, internal locus of control, and self‐efficacy play in IPros effectively managing personal TM strategies. These strategies allow IPros to overcome the empowerment/powerlessness tensions Daubner‐Siva et al. call the “talent paradox.” Importantly, the results do not vary between the two national contexts, suggesting that embracing a “total TM” strategy, attentive to the personal characteristics of talent, regardless of the regulatory issues linked to employment status, will produce superior outcomes for all.

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The rise of independent professionals: Their challenge for management

Cited by 22 publications

References 11 publications

Autonomy at work in the gig economy: analysing work status, work content and working conditions of independent professionals

Autonomy at work in the gig economy: analysing work status, work content and working conditions of independent professionals

Introduction: self-employed professionals in a comparative perspective

Independent professionals as talent: Evidence from individual views of working as a contractor

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