Entrepreneurship, self-employment and dependent work: blurred boundaries and lived consequences
Public support
Provider
Czech Science Foundation
Programme
Standard projects
Call for proposals
SGA0202600001
Main participants
Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.
Contest type
VS - Public tender
Contract ID
26-20656S
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Entrepreneurship, self-employment and dependent work: blurred boundaries and lived consequences
Annotation in Czech
This project addresses critical research gaps in relation to dependent self-employment - a growing but poorly defined and under-researched form of work. Current theoretical, legal and institutional frameworks are inadequate to capture its practices, consequences and implications, particularly for individuals in different social positions. Focusing on the Cultural and Creative Industries, this study examines how institutional and organizational contexts shape workers' experiences and biographies, the strategies they use to navigate dependent self-employment, and how these influence their identities and perceptions. The project contributes empirically by incorporating multi-stakeholder perspectives on this phenomenon, and theoretically by engaging with debates on precarity, employment and entrepreneurship, including gender dimensions; and by uncovering mechanisms that (re)produce inequalities and precarisation of work and providing insights for regulation and labour protection.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
50401 - Sociology
OECD FORD - secondary branch
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OECD FORD - another secondary branch
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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
AO - Sociology, demography
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jan 1, 2026
Realization period - end
Dec 31, 2028
Project status
Z - Beginning multi-year project
Latest support payment
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Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP26-GA0-GA-R
Data delivery date
May 11, 2026
Finance
Total approved costs
5,399 thou. CZK
Public financial support
5,399 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK