Decent Work as Determinant of Work Engagement on Dependent Self-Employed

Virginia Navajas-Romero, Rosalía Díaz-Carrión and Antonio Ariza-Montes
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Virginia Navajas-Romero: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Business Organization and Applied Economics, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Rosalía Díaz-Carrión: Business Management and Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, 41004 Sevilla, Spain
Antonio Ariza-Montes: Department of Management, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 14004 Cordoba, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-17

Abstract: This article analyzes with a holistic and systematic approach the state of working conditions in self-dependent workers, as well as their effects on workers’ work engagement. For this, a distinction was made between the self-employed, non-dependent self-employed, and wage earners. The sample integrated 42,963 workers who were surveyed, of which 0.03% were dependent self-employed, 13.73% were non-dependent self-employed, and 82.32% were wage earners. The results have broadly confirmed the research purposes and they established that ensuring work engagement is the key to sustainability, growth, and success for workers.

Keywords: sustainability; job quality; work engagement; work intensity; work time quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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