Sub-theme 16: A Good Life for the Fluid Workforce: Illusion or Reality?

Convenors:
Aizhan Tursunbayeva, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Luigi Moschera, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Daniel Samaan, International Labour Organization, Switzerland
Session I: Thursday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Ingegneria – I – -1_AB
Attraction and Retention of Fluid Work/Force
Chair: Daniel Samaan
Ruiqing Cao
Digital entrepreneurship and local labor markets
Discussant(s): Alexander Peter & Katrin Muehlfeld
Alexander Peter and Katrin Muehlfeld
Individual differences in motivational systems and job preferences of the future workforce
Discussant(s): Jean-Denis Culié & co-authors
Jean-Denis Culié, Vincent Meyer, Jean-François Garcia, Xavier Philippe, Thomas Sorreda, Luc Tessier, Xavier Philippe, Jean-François Garcia and Luc Tessier
“Big Quit” in post-Covid 19 pandemic period: The ambivalences of liquid employees facing a consumerist work relationship
Discussant(s): Ruiqing Cao
Session II: Thursday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, Ingegneria – I – -1_AB
Fluid Work and Lessons from Covid-19
Chair: Luigi Moschera
Yi-Ren Wang and Eddy Ng
A good life for teleworkers? Workload, productivity, and professional isolation while teleworking
Discussant(s): Daria Sarti, Enrico Cori and Teresina Torre
Roberta Laurita, Federica Angeli, Tina Kowalski and Tina H.P. Kowalski
Team performance and boundary spanning activities: the moderating role of team members’ status.
Discussant(s): Yi-Ren Wang & Eddy Ng
Daria Sarti, Enrico Cori and Teresina Torre
Rethinking coordination and control for remote working. What implications for job performance?
Discussant(s): Roberta Laurita, Federica Angeli and Tina Kowalski
Session III: Thursday, July 06, 14:00 to 15:30, Ingegneria – I – -1_AB
(Fluid) Employees' Perceptions on Good Life
Chair: Daniel Samaan
Steven Jeanbrun and Diana C. Santistevan
Meaningfulness in fluid organizations: How impact logic contributes to perceptions of a good life
Discussant(s): Stefano Di Lauro, Aizhan Tursunbayeva, Gilda Antonelli and Luigi Moschera
Stefano Di Lauro, Aizhan Tursunbayeva, Aizhan Tursunbayeva, Luigi Moschera and Gilda Antonelli
Examining the relationship between job characteristics and job quality in the context of remote work
Discussant(s): Christer A. Flatøy
Christer A. Flatøy
Free to have imbalance: Freelancers' work-life balance and the mediating role of three key work facets
Discussant(s): Steven Jeanbrun and Diana C. Santistevan
Session IV: Friday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, Ingegneria – I – -1_AB
Platform Work/ers
Chair: Aizhan Tursunbayeva
Elisabeth Bethge
Voices beyond the road: A comparison of online employee voice in traditional transport and the ride-sharing industry
Discussant(s): Victo Silva, Andrea Herrmann, Lander Vermeerbergen and Stefan Heusinkveld
Raavi Masta, Pavni Kaushiva and Pavni Kaushiva
Work in the Platform Economy: A systematic literature review
Discussant(s): Elisabeth Bethge
Victo Silva, Andrea Herrmann, Lander Vermeerbergen, Stefan Heusinkveld, Stefan Heusinkveld, Andrea Herrmann and Lander Vermeerbergen
Social-Identity Work of Online Gig Workers: A Process Perspective
Discussant(s): Raavi Masta and Pavni Kaushiva
Session V: Friday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, Ingegneria – I – -1_AB
Organizing and Managing Fluid Workforce
Chair: Luigi Moschera
Mona Bassyiouny and Maximiliane Wilkesmann
Workations as an extension of spatio-temporal flexibility for the fluid workforce
Discussant(s): Surabhi Verma and Vibhav Singh
Surabhi Verma and Vibhav Singh
Macro event and creative work behavior: The unfolding relationship between work from home legitimacy and work centrality
Discussant(s): Claudia Manca, Louise Fischer and Christine Ipsen
Claudia Manca, Louise Fischer and Christine Ipsen
Institutionalizing flexibility: Reconnecting individualization and socialization in the transition toward hybrid work
Discussant(s): Mona Bassyiouny, Maximiliane Wilkesmann
Session VI: Friday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, Ingegneria – I – -1_AB
Fluidity and People in Organizations
Chair: Aizhan Tursunbayeva
Adriana Scuotto, Mariavittoria Cicellin, Stefano Consiglio, Luigi Maria Sicca, Davide Bizjak, Domenico Napolitano, Stefano Consiglio and Luigi Maria Sicca
Diverse workers in hybrid organizations. First insights from human resources management mechanisms in social enterprises
Discussant(s): Cecilia Rossignoli, Eleonora Veglianti, Ludovico Bullini Orlandi and Alessandro Zardini
Cecilia Maltempo, Marcello Martinez, Mario Pezzillo Iacono and Caterina Galdiero
Fluid work: an opportunity towards organizational sustainability
Discussant(s): Adriana Scuotto, Mariavittoria Cicellin, Stefano Consiglio, Luigi Maria Sicca, Davide Bizjak and Domenico Napolitano
Cecilia Rossignoli, Eleonora Veglianti, Ludovico Bullini Orlandi and Alessandro Zardini
Organizing an innovative work environment: The relation between remote working and talent management
Discussant(s): Cecilia Maltempo, Marcello Martinez, Mario Pezzillo Iacono and Caterina Galdiero
Session VII: Saturday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, Ingegneria – I – -1_AB
Experiencing Fluid Work
Chair: Daniel Samaan & Aizhan Tursunbayeva
Martina Gianecchini and Silvia Bagdadli
Career meaning in shocks: The moderating role of organizational and individual resources
Discussant(s): Holly Patrick
Holly Patrick
The effects of visibility on solidarity: Post-pandemic online organising for the good (work) iife amongst creative freelancers
Discussant(s): Martina Gianecchini and Silvia Bagdadli
Garth Brown, Maria Tims and Svetlana Khapova
Temporary self-managing teams: Mythos or logos
Discussant(s): Andrea Lanza and Giuseppina Simone
Session VIII: Saturday, July 08, 11:00 to 12:30, Ingegneria – I – -1_AB
"Fluid" Teams
Chair: Luigi Moschera
Andrea Lanza and Giuseppina Simone
Team composition: The effect of temporary change and the moderating role of experience
Discussant(s): Judith Neumer and Manuel Nicklich
Judith Neumer and Manuel Nicklich
Teamwork between emancipation and burden – Self-organized work under circumstances of fluidity
Discussant(s): Garth Brown, Maria Tims and Svetlana Khapova