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Bibliometric Analysis of Gig Economy
Technological advances such as smartphones, mobile applications, and online platforms have enabled a new form of economy, known as a gig economy, at a large scale, in which there is a free-market system allowing organizations (job providers) to hire ...
Altanshagai Batmunkh +2 more
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This entry presents the history, geography, business, regulations, and the roles of gig workers, platform/algorithms, and employers, focusing primarily on the USA and the EU.
Răzvan Hoinaru
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Prospects of Integrating Gig Economy in the Saudi Arabian Health-care System from the Perspectives of Health-care Decision-makers and Practitioners [PDF]
Turki Alanzi Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Turki AlanziHealth Information Management and Technology Department, College of ...
Alanzi T
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Good Gig, Bad Gig: Autonomy and Algorithmic Control in the Global Gig Economy. [PDF]
This article evaluates the job quality of work in the remote gig economy. Such work consists of the remote provision of a wide variety of digital services mediated by online labour platforms. Focusing on workers in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the article draws on semi-structured interviews in six countries ( N = 107) and a cross-regional ...
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Navigating autonomy: unraveling the dual influence of job autonomy on workplace well-being in the gig economy [PDF]
IntroductionWith the rapid rise of the gig economy globally, its characteristics of promoting employment and facilitating autonomy have supported its rapid growth and development in China.
Zhitao Wan +3 more
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Gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organisations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements Although the concept of the gig economy has been around for a long time, it has been under increasing scrutiny due to the increasing number of people who are able to access it through the Internet ...
Manisha Suryawanshi, Poonam Ponde
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Introduction: This paper investigates the international relationship between digitalization, the gig economy, and low carbon development, providing valuable insights for governments and stakeholders seeking to advance sustainable development and a low ...
Kai Liu, Zerong Feng, Qihang Zhang
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Digital work, otherwise referred to as 'gig' work, is heralded as a useful strategy that could help bridge the unemployment rate in South Africa by connecting job seekers and business organisations across the global spectrum.
Sudhika Palhad +5 more
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This article argues that the gig economy is an exploitative extension of the informal economy. With its decentralised promise of individual entrepreneurship, I will argue that it places undue burdens on the worker as an ‘independent contractor ...
Danelle Fourie
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Literature Review of the Gig Economy from a Product Development Perspective:
In recent years, growing attention has been paid to the gig economy among both practitioners and academic researchers. The Gig economy refers to socioeconomic activities involving the exchange of labor for monetary reward between gig workers and client ...
Susumu Ohira
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