“If Things Really Go On as They Are at the Moment, Then I Will Work Illegally. End of Story.” Pandemic Realities in Marginalized Entrepreneurships

Bibliographic Data

ID21188552
AuthorsMarkus Tümpel (0000-0001-7233-5502, Chemnitz University of Technology, corresponding author), Pia Cardone (0000-0002-3724-280X)
Year2022
Volume18
Issue1
Pages74-95
Publication date2022-01-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077
PublisherUniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18778/1733-8077.18.1.04
OpenAlexW4213353103
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited66

Micro-enterprises and self-employed individuals have been hit particularly hard by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but few studies have tackled the issue. This paper is based on four in-depth case studies of self-employed people from different sectors who have been greatly affected by measures taken to control the pandemic. By capturing shifts in the perception of institutional and economic pressures, as well as precarity after the outbreak of COVID-19, we gained profound insight into crisis management among entrepreneurs working in niche or marginalized fields of business. We found parallels in their biographies and attitudes, but their perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic differ. We observed paradoxes and hybrid logic, as well as different ways of coping with the crisis. Having a “plan B” helped in some cases, while all of them benefitted from the solidarity of networks and communities

Economics · Pandemic · Parallels · Perception · Political science · Precarity · Public relations · Sociology · Solidarity · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology

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