Well-being effects of self-employment: A spatial inquiry

Abreu, Maria; Öner, Özge; Brouwer, Aleid; Leeuwen, Eveline van

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.11.001

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“…The work demands of the self-employed worker are dictated by the economic context, which can cause a decline in health [90] due to factors such as stress and depression [40]. This work group is characterized by high work demands, both physical and psychological.…”

Section: Job Demands Control Support and Well-being In Entrepreneurmentioning

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Workplace Situation and Well-Being of Ecuadorian Self-Employed

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Due to novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), the labor market is going to undergo a profound restructuring. The creation of a new labor paradigm by all stakeholders is essential. This document contributes to the current political and social debates about self-employment, the need for economic growth, and how these labor measures, which are deeply institutionalized, need a change of attitude for an adequate job reconstruction in terms of welfare and sustainability. Currently, policy makers are proposing actions and policies because the new labor paradigm is being designed in the countries of Latin America. This research aims to analyze the JDCS model (Job Demand-Control-Support) and well-being in the self-employed in Ecuador. Unlike previous studies, this research takes a comprehensive approach by considering this theoretical model and the figure of the self-employed in terms of well-being. The logistic model, using cases of more than one thousand workers, generated estimated results that indicate the existence of a significant effect of physical and psychological demands at work on the balance between well-being and the management of angry clients; the speed of execution; and the complexity of the tasks. Regarding labor control, the ability to solve problems and make decisions for the company are detected as influencing factors; finally, social support is another factor influencing global well-being for the self-employed. These results show that with an effective management of the self-employed labor environment, it is possible to achieve an adequate level of workplace satisfaction.

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Section: Job Demands Control Support and Well-being In Entrepreneurmentioning

confidence: 99%

Workplace Situation and Well-Being of Ecuadorian Self-Employed

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“…Lastly, research on cultural and institutional differences has surfaced recently to make sense of the world-wide differences in the relationship between self-employment and subjective well-being (de Neve and Ward, 2017): while evidence here is rather new and limited to crosssectional correlations, the general freedom to do business and the entrepreneurial climate (as measured by institutions favoring entrepreneurship) have been shown to explain whether self-employment contributes positively or negatively to subjective well-being (Fritsch et al, 2019b,a;Brieger et al, 2019). Institutional differences (on a local level) could also explain the higher well-being of the self-employed in semi-urban regions of the UK (Abreu et al, 2019).…”

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Self-employment and Subjective Well-Being

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2021

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Self-employment contributes to employment growth and innovativeness and many individuals want to become self-employed due to the autonomy and flexibility it brings. Using "subjective well-being" as a broad summary measure that evaluates an individual's experience of being self-employed, the chapter discusses evidence and explanations why self-employment is positively associated with job satisfaction, even though the self-employed often earn less than their employed peers, work longer hours and experience more stress and higher job demands.Despite being more satisfied with their jobs, the self-employed do not necessarily enjoy higher overall life satisfaction, which is due to heterogeneity of types of self-employment, as well as motivational factors, work characteristics and institutional setups across countries.

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“…In order to analyze and evaluate coworking models emerging in the Russian business space under the influence of glocalization, we analyzed trends and peculiarities of coworking spaces in certain regions of the country (Abreu, Oner, Brouwer, & Van Leeuwen, 2019;Bennett, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%