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Informal Workers and Collective Action: A Global Perspective [PDF]

, 2017
[Excerpt] Around the world, in countries as far flung as Cambodia and Brazil and in industries as diverse as transportation and hospitality, workers in informal employment, who labor every day with no legal or social protection, are organizing and ...
Chen, Martha, Ed., Eaton, Adrienne E, Ed., Schurman, Susan J, Ed.   +2 more
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The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work

Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson, Andrew B. Hargadon, José Osvaldo De Sordi   +2 more
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Seabed classification in the Gulf of Alaska from acoustic surveys using deep learning

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract High‐resolution mapping of seafloor habitats has wide applications for fisheries, conservation efforts, offshore infrastructure planning, mineral extraction, and scientific modeling. This study leverages existing widespread single‐beam acoustic data and machine learning to create habitat maps for the Gulf of Alaska at a spatial resolution of ...
Karuna Agarwal, Christopher N. Rooper, Kresimir Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour law: the medium and the message [PDF]

, 2018
From the contract of employment to the ‘gig economy’, attention has been fixed on the medium through which personal work relationships have been facilitated.
Mangan, D.
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Amplification of Light‐Ultrasound Interaction in a Pi‐Shifted Fiber Bragg Grating for Enhanced Ultrasonic Sensitivity

Laser &Photonics Reviews, EarlyView.
By precisely engineering the geometry of a fiber‐based optical resonator, the interaction between confined light and external ultrasound waves is significantly amplified without sacrificing light confinement, boosting the ultrasound detection sensitivity beyond 0.5 mPa/√Hz.
Tai‐Anh La, Rami Shnaiderman, Vasilis Ntziachristos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Becoming a gig worker: An exploratory life course study of inbound career trajectories in the UK gig economy

Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
Research 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, Philipp Hukal, Attila Márton   +2 more
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The experiences of individuals in the gig economy [PDF]

, 2018
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Broughton, A, Gloster, R, Green, M, Langley, J, Martin, A, Marvell, R   +5 more
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Taking Pride in Vegan Consumption: A Construal Level Theory Account of Ad Message Appeal and Future Self Connectedness

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing interest in vegan products, research examining the motivations, underlying psychological processes, and boundary conditions that drive consumer preference for vegan products remains limited. Drawing on theories of temporal self and appraisal theory, we find that an immediate message appeal (e.g., animal welfare), as compared to
Mona Safizadeh, Atefeh Yazdanparast, Reto Felix   +2 more
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Voice and Speech in Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Background Motor speech disorders are early, common, and functionally limiting features of atypical parkinsonian disorders (APDs) such as progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal syndrome (CBS), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). These impairments are underrecognized and undertreated in neurology clinics.
Federico Rodriguez‐Porcel, Farwa Ali, Michiko Bruno, Heather Davis Cuevas, Rohit Dhall, Kylie Dunne‐Platero, Lawrence I. Golbe, Ihtsham Haq, Nicole Herndon, Lawrence S. Honig, Kyurim Kang, Sarah Kremen, Guillaume Lamotte, Nikolaus R. McFarland, Michela Mir, Leila Montaser‐Kouhsari, Alexander Pantelyat, Joel Page, Hylan Pickett, Laura Purcell Verdun, Kelly Richardson, Jessica Shurer, Michelle Troche, Rene L. Utianski, Katya Villarreal‐Cavazos, Tuhin Virmani, Anne‐Marie Wills, as the Diagnosis and Treatment Working Group, CurePSP Center of Care (CoC) Network, Farwa Ali, Michiko Bruno, Timothy Chang, Rohit Dhall, Kimiko Domoto‐Reilly, Lawrence I. Golbe, Ihtsham Haq, Lawrence S. Honig, Sarah Kremen, Guillaume Lamotte, Zoltan Mari, Nikolaus R. McFarland, Leila Montaser‐Kouhsari, Alexander Pantelyat, Federico Rodriguez‐Porcel, Junaid Siddiqui, Jessica Shurer, Christopher Spears, Tuhin Virmani, Anne‐Marie Wills   +48 more
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EXAMINING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL IMPACTS OF ALGORITHMIC MANAGEMENT ACROSS CULTURAL CONTEXTS IN PLATFORM LABOUR

Malete Journal of Accounting and Finance
The expansion of the gig economy has introduced algorithmic management systems that fundamentally reshape work processes and worker experiences, raising critical concerns about worker autonomy, fairness, and psychological wellbeing.
Ibrahim Yinka Agbeyinka
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