Features of the Organization of Work of Modern Downshifters

This article provides an analysis concerning the position of downshifters in the labor market and social structure of modern Russian society. The specifics of career strategy are also being examined. «Downshifting» is understood as a phenomenon of voluntary downward vertical social mobility, charact...

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Autor principal: Yana Vadimovna Ovechkina
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Publicado: North-West institute of management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1c90bbbafc07497c884dc8591a2718b02021-11-12T10:46:00ZFeatures of the Organization of Work of Modern Downshifters1726-11391816-8590https://doaj.org/article/1c90bbbafc07497c884dc8591a2718b02018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.acjournal.ru/jour/article/view/206https://doaj.org/toc/1726-1139https://doaj.org/toc/1816-8590This article provides an analysis concerning the position of downshifters in the labor market and social structure of modern Russian society. The specifics of career strategy are also being examined. «Downshifting» is understood as a phenomenon of voluntary downward vertical social mobility, characterised by voluntary long-term change of style in everyday life, which can manifest itself in the change of employment, everyday practices, social and geographical mobility. Within the concept of individualization downshifting presented as destandartised model of biography, implying the rejection of typical for a given society stages, phases of the life cycle. The results of the in-depth interviews with downshifters which were needs to better understand and analyze the «beyond» lifestyle in a consumer society. We focus on two important characteristics of the lifestyle of downshifters: labor organization and financial issues. The results reveal that downshifters is a prime example of non-standard, individualized employment and career. The results of the study allow us to describe the scenarios of the development of life of downshifters after the decision they made and the features of new forms of labor behavior.Yana Vadimovna OvechkinaNorth-West institute of management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration articledownshiftingsociology of workvoluntary downward vertical mobilityindividualization of lifestyleslifestylefreelancing«consumer society»Political institutions and public administration (General)JF20-2112ENRUУправленческое консультирование, Vol 0, Iss 10, Pp 221-226 (2018)
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language EN
RU
topic downshifting
sociology of work
voluntary downward vertical mobility
individualization of lifestyles
lifestyle
freelancing
«consumer society»
Political institutions and public administration (General)
JF20-2112
spellingShingle downshifting
sociology of work
voluntary downward vertical mobility
individualization of lifestyles
lifestyle
freelancing
«consumer society»
Political institutions and public administration (General)
JF20-2112
Yana Vadimovna Ovechkina
Features of the Organization of Work of Modern Downshifters
description This article provides an analysis concerning the position of downshifters in the labor market and social structure of modern Russian society. The specifics of career strategy are also being examined. «Downshifting» is understood as a phenomenon of voluntary downward vertical social mobility, characterised by voluntary long-term change of style in everyday life, which can manifest itself in the change of employment, everyday practices, social and geographical mobility. Within the concept of individualization downshifting presented as destandartised model of biography, implying the rejection of typical for a given society stages, phases of the life cycle. The results of the in-depth interviews with downshifters which were needs to better understand and analyze the «beyond» lifestyle in a consumer society. We focus on two important characteristics of the lifestyle of downshifters: labor organization and financial issues. The results reveal that downshifters is a prime example of non-standard, individualized employment and career. The results of the study allow us to describe the scenarios of the development of life of downshifters after the decision they made and the features of new forms of labor behavior.
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title Features of the Organization of Work of Modern Downshifters
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