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, 2023 The gig economy has grown rapidly, introducing new employment modes and platform-based algorithmic management. It has attracted large numbers of workers across the globe into jobs such as self-employed couriers. In developing countries, they are mainly young migrant workers with relatively low education background. The quality of work and employment at
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African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies, 2023 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.
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Behind the flexibility: insufficient occupational injury protection of gig workers in China
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 ObjectiveOccupational injury protection is essential to safeguard the basic rights of workers. This article focuses on a group of gig workers who have emerged on a large scale in recent years in China and aims to explore their status of occupational ...
Xiaoxing Ran, Ying Zhao
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Dynamics of Gig Work Economy: An Investigation of Worker Perspectives on Gig Work
IIMS Journal of Management Science, 2022 Online technology has developed to an extent where traditional labor markets have transformed, creating opportunities for people and businesses to participate in the global marketplace by employing contract labor. Application-based transportation including ridesharing apps, food and commodity delivery platform apps, and other consumer-facing services ...
Sini V. Pillai, Drishya Dev
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Cogent Business & Management, 2020 The increasing uberization of work has emerged as an intrinsic part of our digitalized society, allowing opportunities for unbridled success for global firms using gig work.
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BMC Psychology, 2023 Background With the emergence of the gig economy as a new economic form, the influence of algorithmic technology control on gig workers’ perceptions and engagement has become a topic of academic concern.
Jiao Jiao Lang +4 more
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Wages and Working Time in the ‘Gig Economy’ [PDF]
King's Law Journal, 2020 Since the gig economy began to form part of the public consciousness, many labour lawyers have been preoccupied with one central question: are people working in the gig economy employees, or more l...
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Gig Workers, Financial Resilience and Financial Literacy in Supporting Decent Work and Economic Inclusion [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThis study aims to analyze the effects of gig work characteristics and financial literacy on financial resilience among young gig workers in Magelang, Indonesia to supporting decent work and economic inclusion.
Hidayah Nur +3 more
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Intention to provide ridesharing services: Determinants from the perspective of driver-partners in a gig economy [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2022 Research on ridesharing platforms under the gig economy has focused much on the incentives and barriers of users, leaving many gaps in understanding drivers’ intention to provide ridesharing services.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The negative interpersonal interaction between customers and platform gig workers has become a problem for platform owners and government. This study investigates the role of negative customer treatment in the context of gig work and its impact on gig ...
He Xiongtao +3 more
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