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Die Gegenwart der Krise als Erosion unternehmerischer Zukünfte: Eine Untersuchung der subjektiven Deutungs- und Bearbeitungsmuster Soloselbstständiger von der Corona-Pandemie

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  • Schürmann Lena

    (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Unter den Linden 6, 10099Berlin, Deutschland)

  • Stamm Isabell

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Paulstr. 3, 50676Köln, Deutschland)

  • Scheidgen Katharina

    (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Juniorprofessur für Entrepreneurship und Innovation, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073Göttingen, Deutschland)

Abstract

From the perspective of subject-oriented labor research, this paper investigates the question how self-employed persons interpret the early stage of the Corona pandemic and how they respond to the crisis. To this end, a total of 40 interviews were conducted in summer and fall 2020 with self-employed persons from three sectors (crafts and trades, culture, coaching). The paper reveals that the self-employed are confronted with a strong market dependency across their respective sectors, making the experience that their plans and future projections are called into question. Although all interviewees respond in a similar way to the challenges of transforming their self-employment, sector-related inequalities concerning their chances to cope with the crisis in a meaningful way are striking. Thus, the paper is able to enrich the current debate about inequality effects of the Corona crisis from the perspective of qualitative reconstruction of meaning.

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  • Schürmann Lena & Stamm Isabell & Scheidgen Katharina, 2022. "Die Gegenwart der Krise als Erosion unternehmerischer Zukünfte: Eine Untersuchung der subjektiven Deutungs- und Bearbeitungsmuster Soloselbstständiger von der Corona-Pandemie," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 31(1-2), pages 77-94, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:arbeit:v:31:y:2022:i:1-2:p:77-94:n:13
    DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2022-0005
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