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What are Findings and Practices Associated with Measuring and Taking Steps to Increase the Engagement of Contingent Workers? [PDF]

, 2018
[Excerpt] Over the past few decades, the workforce has been shifting to include a larger number of contingent workers. While the corporate agenda regarding these temporary workers has been to cut cost and shirk some legal responsibilities, these past ...
Tsui, Amelia
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A Review of Bioarcheological Investigations in Iron Age Cambodia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Archeological research within Cambodia is quite extensive, with significant projects led by both Cambodian archeologists and international researchers alike. Many of these projects have uncovered human skeletal remains. This article reviews archeological human skeletal studies in Cambodia, synthesizing published and unpublished data, primarily
Sophorn Nhoem, Kate Domett, Nigel Chang, Louise Shewan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstructing Early Human Subsistence in Near Oceania: New Insights From Matenkupkum and Matenbek

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The colonization of New Ireland ~44–40,000 years ago represents the earliest evidence of human occupation in Near Oceania. Yet, the precise impacts of climatic changes on subsistence strategies during the Late Pleistocene, Last Glacial Maximum, and Holocene remain poorly understood.
Joëlle den Toom, Glenn Summerhayes, Anne Ford, Karen Greig   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Education level as a catalyst: exploring the relationship between job autonomy, joy of work, and performance among low-skilled physical gig workers in Malaysia

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series
The gig economy has experienced a rise due to the prominence of digital platforms and the worldwide pandemic, leading to many individuals losing their regular income and joining the gig economy.
Mei Peng Low, Mumtaz Ali Memon
doaj   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, November 15, 1977 [PDF]

, 1976
Volume 69, Issue 52https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/6273/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Business Cycle Accounting [PDF]

, 2009
In this paper, I extend the business cycle accounting method a la Chari, Kehoe and McGrattan (2007) to a two-country international business cycle model and quantify the effect of the disturbances in relevant markets on the business cycle correlation ...
Otsu, Keisuke
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The dynamics of wild and alternative meat consumption across Gabon, Central Africa

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐term overharvesting of wild animals for their meat threatens wildlife and the people dependent on wild animal meat for their diets and incomes. Interventions to reduce wild meat consumption must be built upon a complete understanding of the roles of wild meat and its alternatives within food systems.
Joshua Bauld, Lauren Coad, Robin C. Whytock, Donald Midoko Iponga, Margeorie Babicka, Sophie Pambo, Paul Loundou, Daniel J. Ingram, Kathryn Jeffery, Mattia Bessone, David S. Wilkie, Malcolm Starkey, Steeve Ngama, Daniel Cornelis, Katharine A. Abernethy   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj  

Musicians as Workers and the Gig Economy

Popular Music and Society, 2023
Cloonan Martin, Williamson John
openaire   +1 more source