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Al-Syaibānī Conception of Work in Kitāb al-Kasb and the Relevance to Gig Economy

Al-Muamalat
Gig economy, often promoted as a flexible labor solution, has led to structural issues including worker vulnerability, unequal relationships, and a diminished sense of work.
Naufatti Aufa, Wahyu Akbar, Hanief Monady, Muhammad Riza Hafizi, Muhaimin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can High‐Performance Human Resource Management Practices Enhance Employee Performance in Developing Countries? A Sequential Mediation Model

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article advances the understanding of employee performance by unraveling the relationship between high‐performance human resource management practices (HPHRMP) and employee performance. Data were obtained from 510 bank employees across 25 banks operating in Jordan. A sequential mediation model was tested using structural equation modeling
Adolfo Carballo‐Penela, Emilio Ruzo‐Sanmartín, Romina García‐Chas, Ikrema H. A. Alqudah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Power distance orientation and the attitudinal mechanisms linking servant leadership to innovative work behaviour among Vietnamese public servants

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract The focus on fostering innovative work behaviour among public servants in Vietnam reflects a strategic effort to enhance public service delivery and citizen satisfaction. However, empirical insights into how to effectively motivate such behaviours remain scarce.
Lam Dinh Thang, Diep Nguyen, Stephen Teo, Quan Tran   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Education level as a catalyst: exploring the relationship between job autonomy, joy of work, and performance among low-skilled physical gig workers in Malaysia

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series
The gig economy has experienced a rise due to the prominence of digital platforms and the worldwide pandemic, leading to many individuals losing their regular income and joining the gig economy.
Mei Peng Low, Mumtaz Ali Memon
doaj   +1 more source

Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution Avancées récentes dans l’étude du dernier million d'années d’évolution physique et éthologique de l'espèce humaine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article presents a synthesis of recent developments in the study of human evolution over the past five years. It begins with an overview of hominin species nomenclature and diversity, followed by an examination of the proposed population bottleneck ∼900,000 years ago.
James Cole, Eleanor M.L. Scerri, Mateja Hajdinjak, Chris Stringer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling the Current Extent of the Gig Economy Engagement in Developing Asian Countries

Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Background: The gig economy, driven by technological advancements, has shifted the labour market from traditional jobs to mainstream freelance and contract work via online platforms.
Chamod Dilmith, Rashini Jayathilaka, Sathya Jayalal , Thanudi Devhara , Nilmini Rathnayake, Nisha Jayasuriya   +5 more
doaj  

All Gone to the Dogs: Peasant and Aristocratic Masculinities in a Late Medieval Swiss Revolt

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines chronicle accounts of the so‐called ‘Waldmann Affair’, a revolt within the territories of the city–state of Zurich in 1489 directed against its mayor, Hans Waldmann. The revolt was partly the consequence of failed economic and political reforms which put pressure on the countryside, but was provoked by the command issued ...
Jamie Page
wiley   +1 more source

‘Sinister Indian‐like Half‐circle’: Tennis, Orientalism and the White Racial Frame in the Twentieth‐Century British Sporting Press

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining sport alongside race, media and imperial power opens a rich field for understanding how macro‐level ideologies are shaped and circulated through everyday cultural forms. In twentieth‐century Britain, mass media framed and distributed narratives that rendered the empire's political realities intelligible to a broad public.
SOUVIK NAHA
wiley   +1 more source

Virtual teams in a gig economy. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Ye T, Ai W, Chen Y, Mei Q, Ye J, Zhang L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source