Can work groups emerge among the selfemployed ? [Des collectifs peuvent-ils émerger chez des travailleurs indépendants ?]

The situation of the self-employed is usually described in terms of solitude since they are not part of a work team. Under the wage-earning paradigm, work groups are a resource for workers. This comparison of three research studies shows how the self-employed use available services and organizations (cooperatives, umbrella companies, coworking) so as to form groups that provide them with resources similar to those available to conventional wage-earners. However a distinct characteristic of these new groups is their relative fragility.