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Riders on the storm : workplace solidarity among gig economy couriers in Italy and the UK [PDF]
, 2020 In light of the individualisation, dispersal and pervasive monitoring that characterise work in the ‘gig economy’, the development of solidarity among gig workers could be expected to be unlikely.
Maccarrone, V., Tassinari, Arianna
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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.
Umer Zaman +3 more
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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
Wei, Hua, Van Tongeren, Martie
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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.
Hung Le Van +3 more
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Gig2Gether: Datasharing to Empower, Unify and Demystify Gig Work [PDF]
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsThe wide adoption of platformized work has generated remarkable advancements in the labor patterns and mobility of modern society. Underpinning such progress, gig workers are exposed to unprecedented challenges and accountabilities: lack of data ...
Jane Hsieh +8 more
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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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International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2022 Prior research has studied the detrimental impact of algorithmic management on gig workers and strategies that workers devise in response. However, little work has investigated alternative platform designs to promote worker well-being, particularly from ...
Angie Zhang +3 more
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The Dark Side of Micro-Task Marketplaces: Characterizing Fiverr and Automatically Detecting Crowdturfing [PDF]
, 2014 As human computation on crowdsourcing systems has become popular and powerful for performing tasks, malicious users have started misusing these systems by posting malicious tasks, propagating manipulated contents, and targeting popular web services such ...
Ge, Hancheng, Lee, Kyumin, Webb, Steve
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Gig Work, Algorithmic Technologies, and the Uncertain Future of Work
, 2023 AbstractThroughout the last decade, the so-called gig economy has emerged as a disruptive and widely debated trend in the world of work. In this chapter, we trace the emergence of the gig economy from its inception during the global economic crisis to the present day where gig work arrangements span several sectors and face continuing scrutiny from ...
Duggan, James, Jooss, Stefan
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Domestic work and the gig economy
, 2022 The provision of cleaning, childcare and other housework through online platforms is an increasingly important sector. This chapter identifies key challenges domestic work in the gig economy creates for workers' rights protections and proposes an agenda for future research.
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