Choosing Bad Jobs: The Use of Nonstandard Work as a Commitment Device
Choosing Bad Jobs: The Use of Nonstandard Work as a Commitment Device
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DOI：
10.1177/0730888420949596
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发表时间：
2020-08-25
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2.9
通讯作者：
Adler, Laura
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作者：
Adler, Laura
随着非标准工作的增加，工人们越来越多地被迫从事低薪、兼职、短期和没有前途的工作。但有些人，尤其是文化产业的人，接受这种工作。为了理解为什么有些人在有更好的选择时可能会选择糟糕的工作，本文研究了有抱负的艺术家的工作偏好，他们往往依赖于糟糕的日常工作，因为他们试图在艺术上取得经济上的成功。通过对68名受过大学教育的艺术家的采访，我发现他们的偏好不仅受到效用和身份考虑的影响——这两个因素在文献中已经确立——而且还受到糟糕工作作为承诺手段的价值的影响，它可以增强对职业抱负的奉献精神。该案例为工作和职业之间的联系提供了新的见解，并从社会学的角度丰富了承诺装置的概念，表明这些装置不是一次性合同，而是持续的实践。
With nonstandard work on the rise, workers are increasingly forced into bad jobs-jobs that are low-paying, part-time, short-term, and dead-end. But some people, especially in cultural industries, embrace this kind of work. To understand why some might choose bad jobs when better options are available, this paper examines the job preferences of aspiring artists, who often rely on bad day jobs as they attempt to achieve economic success in the arts. Using interviews with 68 college-educated artists, I find that their preferences are informed not only by utility and identity considerations-two factors established in the literature-but also by the value of bad jobs as commitment devices, which reinforce dedication to career aspirations. The case offers new insights into the connection between jobs and careers and enriches the concept of the commitment device with a sociological perspective, showing that these devices are not one-time contracts but ongoing practices.