serval:BIB_ABD3634C4577
Work volition, decent work, and work fulfilment, in the formal and informal economy in Burkina Faso
10.1080/03069885.2021.1879991
Rossier
Jérôme
author
Ouedraogo
Abdoulaye
author
article
2021-03-04
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
0306-9885
1469-3534
journal
49
2
255-271
Decent work is crucial for an individual’s life development and well-being. The psychology of working theory defines the relationship between micro and macro factors that might be strongly influenced by the context. The aim of this research was to study how people working in the formal and informal economy in Burkina Faso describe their working conditions and the notion of decent work and how economic constraints and marginalisation influence work volition, decent work and work fulfilment using a mixed method approach. A study shows that above and beyond the usual components, social recognition is an especially important aspect of decent work in this context (N = 51). A second study shows that economic constraints and marginalisation factors have an impact on obtaining a decent work, mediated by work volition, both being related to work fulfilment outcomes (N = 501). Results suggest that the objective and subjective components of decent work might refer to two aspects of the same reality.
decent work
psychology of working theory
informal economy
well-being
mixed methods
Burkina Faso
eng
60_published
SNF//51NF40-185901
SNF//IZ08Z0_177295
true
peer-reviewed
University of Lausanne
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