Redundancy and job loss in a context of precarity have become central to the experiences of journalists globally over the last decade. Previous research has identified the importance of networks to job seeking in these contexts. This article analyses responses of 225 journalists in Australia whose positions were made redundant between 2012 and 2014 to questions about their ongoing connections with former colleagues in a survey conducted four times: in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. A key finding is that these networks are resources that journalists develop, manage, mobilise and maintain for social and professional purposes, sometimes simultaneously. In this paper, we also seek to extend theoretical and empirical understandings of networks as forms of support when dealing with job loss and in developing strategies for seeking new employment and career opportunities.
Funding
Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Number: DP150102675 and LP140100341
History
Publication Date
2021-11-01
Journal
New Technology, Work and Employment
Volume
36
Issue
3
Pagination
19p. (p. 371-389)
Publisher
Wiley
ISSN
0268-1072
Rights Statement
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Marjoribanks, T, Zion, L, Sherwood, M. Mobilising networks after redundancy: The experiences of Australian journalists. New Technology, Work and Employment. 2021; 36: 371– 389, which has been published in final form at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ntwe.12192
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