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An Analytical study on Navigating Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities in the era of AI and the Gig Economy [PDF]
MATEC Web of ConferencesThe gig economy, characterized by its flexible work arrangements and independent contractors, has witnessed rapid growth in recent years. However, it faces sustainability challenges related to worker welfare, income security, and job classification. This
Nimmagadda Babu +4 more
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Antitrust, the Gig Economy, and Labor Market Power [PDF]
, 2019 The purpose of the current study was to develop and validate an automatic algorithm for classification of cross-country (XC) ski-skating gears (G) using Smartphone accelerometer data.
Steinbaum, Marshall
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Economies, 2021 The business continuity of the gig economy is strongly driven by the operator’s ability to manage the maturity of business processes. Moreover, projects in the gig economy are risky due to the lack of monitoring and involvement of actors’ profiles.
Arfive Gandhi, Yudho Giri Sucahyo
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Reputation Agent: Prompting Fair Reviews in Gig Markets
, 2020 Our study presents a new tool, Reputation Agent, to promote fairer reviews from requesters (employers or customers) on gig markets. Unfair reviews, created when requesters consider factors outside of a worker's control, are known to plague gig workers ...
Bennett L. +22 more
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Speculations on Solidarity: From Fordism to the Gig Economy [PDF]
, 2020 In this paper, Roedl traces the decline of worker solidarity starting with labor’s heyday in the 1930s and beforehand through an analysis of Fordism, post-Fordism, and ending on the recent phase of the gig economy.
Roedl, Kendra
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Acta PsychologicaWith the rapid development of the gig economy, gig-worker misfortunes have become increasingly frequent, and the protection of gig-workers' rights is becoming more prominent.
Chufu Chen, Xiaoyan Su, Shiqian He
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The health of workers in the global gig economy
Globalization and Health, 2018 Background The “gig” economy connects consumers with contractors (or workers) through online platform businesses to perform tasks (or “gigs”). This innovation in technology provides businesses and consumers access to low-cost, on-demand labour, but gig ...
Uttam Bajwa +3 more
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A Ghost Workers' Bill of Rights: How to Establish a Fair and Safe Gig Work Platform [PDF]
, 2020 Many of us assume that all the free editing and sorting of online content we ordinarily rely on is carried out by AI algorithms — not human persons. Yet in fact, that is often not the case.
Balkin, David +2 more
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Cogent Business & ManagementDrawing upon Social Exchange Theory and the Job Demands–Resources framework, this study examines the influence of Human Resource Practices (HRP) on gig worker engagement among IT professionals through the serial mediating roles of perceived ...
Indradevi Ramasamy, Sathish A. S.
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Urban gig workers in Indonesia during COVID-19: The experience of online ‘ojek’ drivers
Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 2021 This paper uses case study evidence to examine how COVID-19 has impacted on the working conditions of urban gig workers (online ‘ojek’ riders).
Riani Rachmawati +4 more
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