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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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, 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; id_orcid 0000-0003-2617-7632 +1 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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The Gig Economy and Contingent Work [PDF]
Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2017 "The gig economy describes forms of contingent work arrangements that require digital platforms, representing an evolution in contingent work, both in moving up the educational scale and in increased visibility. It has engaged many workers who are highly educated and might previously have been in traditional employer-employee relationships, and appears
Tran, Molly, Sokas, Rosemary K.
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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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The mediatization of work? Gig workers and gig apps in Sweden
New Media & SocietyThis article presents a study of how and to what extent gig workers in Sweden experience a mediatization of work. We contend that previous mediatization research has assumed extensive and unified effects of mediatization, and that previous gig work research has focused on users of large-scale, transnational platforms. We conducted a set of qualitative,
Henrik Örnebring +3 more
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Cogent PsychologyObjective Gig work, also known as short-term, contract work and non-traditional work has shaped gig economy, however, the research related to gig workers needs further exploration.
Jikku Susan Kurian, N. Bindu Madhavi
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Infrastructural Services and Social Security Benefits play Catalytic role for Gig Workers of Food and Beverage Industry in Mumbai Metropolitan Region [PDF]
Applied Research in Administrative SciencesGig work is increasing across all industries and sectors all over world after pandemic. In Mumbai, the gig workers of food and beverage industry are more as compared to other municipal corporations in Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
RODE Sanjay
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Work Organisation, Labour and GlobalisationResearch provides insights into the characteristics and conditions of gig work, but rarely into how individuals enter it or its long-term implications for careers.
Timothy Charlton +2 more
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