Elodie Gibault is defending her doctoral thesis in sociology under the supervision of Jean-Michel Denis and co-supervision of Cécile Guillaume, entitled:
Freelancers on assignment in banks: Work experiences and career paths of experts
The defense will take place on Friday, October 4, at 2:30 p.m., in room V003 (Vicat Wing), ENPC building in Champs-sur-Marne.
The jury will be composed of:
Sophie BRETESCHE, Professor of Sociology, HDR, Institut Mines Telecom Atlantique
Martine D'AMOURS, Professor Emeritus, HDR, Laval University, Quebec
Jean-Michel DENIS, University Professor, Director of ISST (director)
Yannick FONDEUR, Researcher, LISE-CNAM
Cécile GUILLAUME, Sociologist, Senior Lecturer, HDR, University of Surrey, Great Britain (co-director)
Pascal UGHETTO, Professor of Sociology, HDR, UGE, LATTS
Researcher Nadège VEZINAT, Professor of Sociology, HDR, University of Paris 8, CRESPPA Researcher (UMR 7217)
Thesis summary:
This thesis focuses on the freelance work of experts on assignment for banks, within organizations heavily impacted by digital transformation. Increasingly digitized, the banking sector is facing a renewal of professions and skills, with a corollary need for expertise and recourse to freelance "tech" professionals. Referred to as "self-employed workers," these freelance professionals are defined by their expertise and professional skills "offered" in a specific market, that of services to businesses and banks. This highly dynamic field of activity allows many experts, particularly in the IT sector, to become self-employed. This thesis explores the ecosystem that supports and organizes the activity of these professionals, the conditions of their entry into expert careers, and the experience of this form of employment within the specific context of Bank M. We will show how freelance trajectories are socially situated. From a professional and biographical point of view, they are the result of individual actors, qualified experts, who choose independence in a given state of the labor market.
KEYWORDS:
Banking, career, digital, freelance, expert, self-employed worker, trajectory