The effects of nontraditional forms of employment on employees and employers
Introduction
What is your career choice? Doctor, engineer, IT expert, accountant, or may be something different? How would you develop your career? The latter question is becoming one of the major concerns for individuals if not the first when deciding for career and employment. Career can be developed in both traditional and nontraditional form of employment. Van Maanen and Schein defines career development as “a lifelong process of working out a synthesis between individual interests and the opportunities (or limitations) present in the external work-related environment, so that both individual and environmental objectives are fulfilled” (qtd in (Buck, MacDermid, Lee, Williams, 2001). Traditionally, organizational environment that employed the individuals determined the objectives of individuals. Further, as Hall and Mirvis explains, “The result was traditional “organizational” careers that were externally-oriented, emphasizing vertical progression through positions carrying increasing responsibility, status, and rewards defined by the organization” (qtd in (Buck, MacDermid, Lee, Williams, 2001). With changing times and technology, jobs are being redesigned in a nontraditionally way to benefit both the employees and the employers. Today, nontraditional forms of employment offer several career options such as independent contracting, and telecommuting. Thus, in the changing times, the choice of nontraditional forms of employment influences the employees and employers greatly. The understanding of the pros and cons of these choices is necessary.
The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of nontraditional forms of employment o ...