The emergence of desperate optimists: Μanaging the start-up working life in times of crisis


Δημοσιευμένα: Feb 7, 2020
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συνεργατικοί επαγγελματικοί χώροι επισφαλής εργασία νεοφυής επιχειρηματικότητα
Antigoni Papageorgiou
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5307-7878
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Η ανάδυση της γενιάς των «απελπιστικά αισιόδοξων»: Διαχείριση της εργασιακής ζωής στις νεοφυείς επιχειρήσεις στα χρόνια της κρίσης

Το βάθεμα της ελληνικής κρίσης συνέβαλε στην αυξανόμενη προβολή συνεργατικών εργασιακών μονάδων όπως θερμοκοιτίδων και κόμβων επιχειρηματικότητας όπου φιλοξενούνται νεοφυείς επιχειρήσεις στο αθηναϊκό κέντρο. Λόγω περιορισμένων εργασιακών επιλογών νέοι υψηλών προσόντων δραστηριοποιούνται επιχειρηματικά. Το παρόν άρθρο εξερευνά τους τρόπους με τους οποίους οι νέοι αυτοί επιχειρηματίες διαχειρίζονται την επιχειρηματική τους εργασιακή ζωή, αναλύοντας τις διακριτές ποιότητες του εργασιακού τους βίου καθώς και τον τρόπο με τον οποίο δομούν τον επιχειρηματικό τους εαυτό. Η παρούσα ποιοτική έρευνα σκιαγραφεί έναν απαιτητικό εργασιακό βίο που στερείται ισορροπίας μεταξύ εργασίας και προσωπικής ζωής. Παρόλο, όμως, τον επισφαλή της χαρακτήρα, η επιχειρηματική καριέρα βιώνεται ως μια εξαιρετικά δημιουργική επιλογή που ανταμείβει τους νέους επιχειρηματίες τόσο σε επαγγελματικό όσο και σε προσωπικό επίπεδο. Ταυτόχρονα, το γεγονός ότι η επιχειρηματική τους δραστηριότητα υπαγορεύεται σε μεγάλο βαθμό από αναγκαιότητα αποσιωπάται, ενώ οι νέοι εργαζόμενοι παρουσιάζουν τους εαυτούς τους ως παθιασμένους και επίδοξους επιχειρηματίες. Το γεγονός ότι δραστηριοποιούνται εργασιακά και επιχειρηματικά από ένα συνεργατικό εργασιακό περιβάλλον συντηρεί και ενισχύει την ελπίδα, και βαθιά πεποίθησή τους ότι θα καταφέρουν να αμείβονται για αυτό που πραγματικά αγαπούν. Ως εκ τούτου, στην παρούσα συγκυρία, παρατηρούμε την ανάδυση μια νέας γενιάς εργαζόμενων, αυτής των «απελπιστικά αισιόδοξων». Μιας γενιάς που δέχεται με στωικότητα τις επισφαλείς συνθήκες εργασίας του, καλλιεργεί μια βαθιά και παθιασμένη σχέση με την εργασία και για αυτό δέχεται να αναλάβει το επιχειρηματικό ρίσκο με κάθε κόστος.

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Antigoni Papageorgiou, University of Leeds
PhD Candidate, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, UK
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