Career forms: Organizational, gig, and in-between

Abstract

The nature of business-related careers, and particularly organizational ones, has changed drastically over the last many years. Non-traditional careers of the past are rapidly becoming the norm. Classic career management literature focused on managing and being successful in organizational careers. However, the environment has changed, and researchers have pointed out that careers now can be viewed as being organizational, semi-organizational and gig-economy related. The common thread through the new career forms is the increased responsibility on individuals to manage their careers. In particular, the gig-economy points to a de-linking of organizations with people doing organizational work, by the latter being viewed as independent contractors rather than employees. In this paper, we present prior work on career forms and models, both within and outside of organizational boundaries. Further, we propose a theoretical framework to view these career forms in the context of current organizational settings.