Labor of love? The influence of work-conditions among self-employed and work stress

Marcus T. Wolfe and Pankaj C. Patel

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2019, vol. 11, issue C, -

Abstract: Self-employment represents work conditions distinct from wage employment. Applying concepts from the Effort-Reward Imbalance model to work characteristics typical to self-employment—autonomy, meaningfulness of work, and physical demands of work—we explore the association between these work conditions and work stress. In a sample of 225 self-employed individuals in the American Working Conditions Survey (AWCS), our results indicate that autonomy has a positive association with work stress. Furthermore, meaningfulness serves to suppress the relationship between autonomy and work stress, while physical work demands have no influence on this association. Our findings have implications for the work characteristics of self-employed and their well-being.

Keywords: Autonomy; Meaningfulness; Physical work demands; Work stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2019.e00118

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