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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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The gig economy comes to academia: Job satisfaction among adjunct faculty
Cogent Education, 2020 Colleges and universities in the United States have embraced the “gig” economy with use of non-tenure track and part-time faculty. However, much of the work on job satisfaction in academia focuses on tenure-line professors. This study seeks to answer the
Gesemia Nelson +2 more
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What Does the Gig Economy Mean for Workers? [PDF]
, 2016 [Excerpt] Technological advancement and the proliferation of the smartphone have reshaped the commercial landscape, providing consumers new ways to access the retail marketplace.
Bradley, David H +2 more
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A Stein characterisation of the generalized hyperbolic distribution [PDF]
, 2017 The generalized hyperbolic (GH) distributions form a five parameter family of probability distributions that includes many standard distributions as special or limiting cases, such as the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution, Student's $t ...
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‘This isn’t forever for me’: Perceived employability and migrant gig work in Norway and Sweden
Environment and Planning, 2022 Information asymmetry regarding local job prospects, imperfect portability of qualifications and a lack of host country language skills combine to reduce migrants’ perceptions of their own employability. As a result, platform mediated gig work has become
G. Newlands
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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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Making Live through the Gig: The Case of Comfort Taxis in Singapore
Lateral, 2023 Against the scholarly emphasis on precariousness, this article focuses on how gig work in 1970s Singapore was developed with the specific vision of enabling life for the working-class Singaporean family-man.
Renyi Hong, Zachary Chan Mun Wei
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsDigital gig platforms grant gig workers greater autonomy and flexibility, yet they also introduce challenges such as self-management and feelings of isolation, making social support increasingly vital within gig work.
Shanshan Zhao +3 more
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International Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsDespite the evidence of harm that technology can inflict, commensurate policymaking to hold tech platforms accountable still lags. This is pertinent to app-based gig workers, where unregulated algorithms continue to dictate their work, often with little ...
Angie Zhang +4 more
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Uber Effort: The Production of Worker Consent in Online Ride Sharing Platforms [PDF]
, 2019 The rise of the online gig economy alters ways of working. Mediated by algorithmically programmed mobile apps, platforms such as Uber and Lyft allow workers to work by driving and completing rides at any time or in any place that the drivers choose. This
Wang, Ruotong
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