... career. Design/methodology/approach We conducted focus groups with 53 platform-based gig drivers and integrated basic psychological needs theory in analyses. Findings In a darker path, precarity was experienced as an identity threat and led to frustration of basic psychological needs, resulting...

...-wave survey of 495 AI-active employees across industries, this study examines the impact of AI usage on career development. We test thriving at work and identity threat as dual mediators, and further explore how learning goal orientation (LGO) and performance goal orientation (PGO) moderate...

... of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Unemployment Identity play Identity work Identity threat...