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Siesta: A Theory of Freelancing [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
I study the effect of fatigue and innate ability on performance in a model with incomplete contracts, lumpy tasks requiring multiple periods of work and stochastic productivity shocks. I find that increasing ability or reducing fatigue does not lead necessarily to more productive efficiency, since it may exacerbate the incentive for agents take "too ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Online Service Outsourcing Auctions With Endogenous Reviews

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
In the emerging online service outsourcing platforms where services are commonly transacted through buyer-determined auctions, review systems are usually provided to alleviate information asymmetry and opportunistic behavior between transaction parties ...
Jianyun Chen, Zhipeng Li
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Freelancing Success: Evidence from Youth of Hyderabad, Pakistan

open access: yesJournal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2022
Purpose: Freelancing has really become popular in the recent years due to unemployment and also due to other benefits which people enjoy from freelancing, like flexible timings, good quality work, working on your own terms, work-life balance. The aim of
Aadil Idrees   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Media Freelancers and Platforms: How Beginner and Experienced Media Freelancers Perceive Online Platforms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The article presents the perspectives of media freelancers on digital platforms. This article is based on a qualitative study comprising 20 participants (10 beginners and 10 experienced media freelancers).
Setiawan, Dwi   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Exploring Freelance Journalism in the Emirati Media Ecosystem: A Comparison of Using Freelancers Among National Media Organizations and Their Voluntary Professional Autonomy

open access: yesJournalism and Media
What are the nature and characteristics of freelance journalism in the UAE media system? To answer the main research paper question, this study investigates the usage and influence of freelancers in the Emirati media ecosystem through a comparison among ...
Fatima Ahmed Alawadhi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of personality traits in shaping career and life satisfaction among freelancers: A Study from Slovenia

open access: yesZbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu
This article investigates how personality traits influence financial and non financial career satisfaction, as well as overall life satisfaction, among freelancers in Slovenia.
Ivona Huđek Kanižaj, Karin Širec
doaj   +1 more source

Taxation of Workers in the Gig Economy: World Practice and Challenges for Ukraine [PDF]

open access: yesОблік і фінанси, 2019
The gig economy is a relatively new phenomenon and is characterized by the fact that the availability and rapid spread of temporary, flexible jobs is becoming commonplace, and employers prefer hiring independent contractors and freelancers instead of ...
Liudmyla Kozarezenko, Iryna Tochylina
doaj   +1 more source

Freelancers Digital Agreement System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This project is about developing a web-based system that will provide a platform for the freelancers of Bangladesh to work and earn money. Currently, people of Bangladesh are using a bidding system or direct booking system for buying and selling ...
Humayra, Ahmed
core  

Vocational identity and work engagement: The mediating effect of career adaptability

open access: yesSA Journal of Industrial Psychology
Orientation: Given that freelancers work for multiple clients for varying periods, it is their responsibility to enhance their own levels of work engagement.
Vurshayna Naidoo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infant Embryonal CNS Tumors: Molecular Insights and Treatment Considerations for Contemporary Pediatric Neuro‐Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Embryonal tumors comprise the majority of malignant central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms diagnosed in children under 3 years of age. Compared with their counterparts in older children, these tumors exhibit distinct molecular biology and a more aggressive clinical phenotype, while their management is complicated by the heightened ...
Sudarshawn Damodharan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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