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Online Labour Index: Measuring the Online Gig Economy for Policy and Research

, 2016
otto kässi, Charlie Hadley, Vili Lehdonvirta   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

Practicing Power‐Sharing: How Political Adversaries (Fail to) Rule Jointly

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why does power‐sharing lead to peace and effective governance in some cases but not others? Whereas the current literature on this question predominantly focuses on institutional design, this article argues that more attention should be given to the everyday activities, routines and processes through which power‐sharing is operated.
Alexandre Wadih Raffoul
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived algorithmic control and gig workers' work engagement: assessing the mediating role of psychological empowerment and the moderating effect of deep acting. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Lin Q, Sun R, Zhu Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Woeful Pay, But Still, I Enjoy It’: Refining Subjective Job Quality in Ride‐Share Work

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Workers who experience structural barriers in the labour market are overrepresented in the gig economy. There is limited research on how the broader context of labour markets and welfare systems shapes workers' motivations for, and subjective understandings of, ride‐share work. Using established concepts of ‘constrained agency’, ‘labour market
Alex Veen, Tom Barratt, Caleb Goods, Marian Baird   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Navigating the psychological landscape of remote work: understanding, resilience, and well-being, volume II. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Garg N, Van Der Walt F, Burgess J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Urgency of Wage Regulation for Gig Economy Workers in Indonesia

Encik Lukmanul Hakim
openalex   +2 more sources

Trade Unions and Sociotechnical Change: Examining Legal Mobilisation in the Retail Sector in Chile

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how trade unions in Chile adopted legal mobilisation to address a sociotechnical transformation agenda that triggered wage decline and work intensification. The proposed change involved the implementation of a Functional Flexibility Plan by a multinational retailer, facilitated by in‐store logistics and supermarket front ...
Alejandro Castillo, Debra Howcroft, Miguel Martínez‐Lucio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The "Double-Edged Sword" Effect of Perceived Algorithmic Control on Platform Workers' Work Engagement. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Zhu J, Cao Y, Wang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Beating the App’ or Pyrrhic Victories? Gamification, Workaholism and FoMo in UK Food‐Delivery Platforms

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between the gamification of platform food‐delivery work and workaholism. Drawing on a qualitative study, our findings suggest that while financial needs act as a ‘push’ factor, encouraging workers to enter off‐line platform work, gamification serves as a ‘pull’ factor ‐ driving an introjected motivation ...
Cristian Santabarbara, Tony Royle, Wei Wei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Typology of Labour Agency in the Gig Economy: Gig Drivers' Experiences of Struggle in Indonesia During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how ride‐hailing drivers, couriers, and food‐delivery riders in Indonesia exercised labour agency to improve their working conditions during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Drawing on a survey (N = 997) and in‐depth interviews (N = 30) with gig drivers in Jakarta, it contributes to labour geography and employment relations ...
Muhammad Yorga Permana
wiley   +1 more source