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Humans as a Service: The Promise and Perils of Work in the Gig Economy, by Jeremias Prassl

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 2020
The gig economy is “the collection of markets that match providers to consumers on a gig basis in support of on-demand commerce.” Some of the most recognizable examples in Canada are Lyft and Uber.
Ara Dungca
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The matrilineal Turn: Wiradjuri matrilineal leadership, colonial disruption, and the work of cultural return

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article advances three claims regarding the matrilineal organization of Wiradjuri society in central New South Wales. Drawing on the late nineteenth and early twentieth century ethnographic record, it demonstrates that Wiradjuri descent, totem, moiety identity, and ceremonial authority were and are matrilineally organized, despite ...
Jessa Rogers
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“Transformative dynamics of the gig economy: Technological impacts, worker well-being and global research trends”

International Journal of Engineering Business Management
Digital platforms play a vital role in shaping today’s labour market, enabling temporary hires and freelance employment in the gig economy. This on-demand, digital economy spans various professions and remote work opportunities.
Rachoru Himani Srihita, Gurunadham Goli, Rajyalaxmi M, R Gobinath   +3 more
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Apatite in Carbonatite Preserving Primary Magmatic, Post‐Magmatic Overgrowth, and Post India‐Asia Collision‐Related Hydrothermal Alteration: Evidenced From U–Pb Isotope and Trace Element Geochemistry

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
U–Pb isotope and trace element geochemistry of apatite from carbonatites of Peshawar Plain Alkaline Igneous Province, western Himalaya shows Permo‐Carboniferous magmatism, an additional magmatic pulse during Cretaceous, and post‐magmatic hydrothermal/metasomatism during Oligocene. ABSTRACT U–Pb isotope and trace element geochemistry of apatite combined
Mehboob ur Rashid, Hafiz U. Rehman, Hao‐Yang Lee, Sun‐Lin Chung, Kaushik Das, Kazumasa Aoki, Muhammad Jawad Zeb, Nasir Ahmad, Muhammad Hussain, Hiroshi Yamamoto   +9 more
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The Emerging Gig Economy and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Societies
Online work mediated by digital platforms is prevalent across various sectors, including food delivery, data entry, and professional services. Globally, gig work and the gig economy are growing with improved and increased Internet coverage and mobile ...
Desmond Ayentimi, Albert Amankwaa, John Burgess   +2 more
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Should multinationals care about development? Rethinking global strategy in an unequal world

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary While multinational corporations (MNCs) can profoundly shape global development trajectories, global strategy research has largely treated development as peripheral to core strategic concerns. This Perspective paper examines the contested relationship between global strategy and development, arguing that MNCs are neither ...
Marcus M. Larsen, Rajneesh Narula, Thomas DeBerge   +2 more
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Boundaryless Careers and Ethical Implications: A Review and Critical Analysis of the Gig Economy

Community Development Journal
The gig economy's emergence and growth are relatively recent in the Philippines. Nevertheless, it has brought a new type of labor market, boundaryless careers, with numerous advantages or benefits and ethical quandaries or dilemmas for gig workers.
Minard Jr Gonzales, Karl P. Campos
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Career adaptability in the context of horizontal skill mismatch: evidence from food delivery gig workers [PDF]

Quality Education for All
PurposeThe gig economy offers flexible, autonomous and short-term employment. It offers employment opportunities for workers interested in non-conventional work patterns.
Divya S, Barani G, RathnaKumar L
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Must Longtermists Wish Us All Dead? A Quadrilemma

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Longtermists assign great moral importance to making the long‐term future as good as possible, especially by ensuring the survival of humanity. We argue, to the contrary, that on assumptions that are plausible, conservative, or shared by leading longtermists, human extinction will likely augment total utility among human and non‐human animals ...
Nir Eyal, Bastian Steuwer, Shai Meiri
wiley   +1 more source

An Interdisciplinary Review of the Gaslighting Literature and Future Research Agenda

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gaslighting is increasingly discussed in organizational contexts, yet its meaning, boundaries, and process remain unclear within management and organizational scholarship. Although research on gaslighting has expanded across multiple disciplines, existing work is conceptually fragmented and difficult to integrate, limiting cumulative theory ...
Paula A. Kincaid, Samantha C. O. Stalion
wiley   +1 more source