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Meaningful app-work? Exploring meaningful work experiences of food delivery couriers in Poland [PDF]
Central European Management JournalPurpose – The rise of app-based work in the gig economy, particularly within the food delivery sector, challenges traditional employment paradigms and raises questions about the potential for achieving meaningful work experiences.
Aneta Pieczka, Miłosz Miszczyński
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
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Skeletal pathologies in extant crocodilians as a window into the paleopathology of fossil archosaurs
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Crocodilians, together with birds, are the only extant relatives to many extinct archosaur groups, making them highly important for interpreting paleopathological conditions in a phylogenetic disease bracketing model. Despite this, comprehensive data on osteopathologies in crocodilians remain scarce.
Alexis Cornille +6 more
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Non-Standard Forms of Employment: Recent Trends and Future Prospects [PDF]
, 2017 [Excerpt] The main focus of this paper is the growth of non-standard employment over the last decade. It finds that, apart from part-time work, there has not been an increase in non-standard employment during this time.
Eurofound
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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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Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.Woody breast compromises meat quality leading to reduced consumer appeal. Although its causes are unclear, improvements observed with certain dietary supplements suggest that gut health may influence woody breast development. Ribonucleotide reductase subunit RRM2 is vital for mitochondrial function and gastrointestinal integrity, and alteration in its ...
Majid Shakeri +8 more
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Redefining \u27Employee\u27 in the Gig Economy: Shielding Workers from the Uber Model [PDF]
, 2018 Increasingly, companies in the gig-economy utilize independent contractors, rather than traditional employees, as a means to cut costs and decrease employment related liability.
Steinberger, Ben Z.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett +5 more
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Employment and Working Conditions of Selected Types of Platform Work [PDF]
, 2018 Platform work is a form of employment that uses an online platform to match the supply of and demand for paid labour. In Europe, platform work is still small in scale but is rapidly developing.
de Groen, Willem Pieter +3 more
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Organizing Dark Matter: W.A.G.E. as Alternative Worker Organization [PDF]
, 2020 Since its founding in 2008, W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) has worked to reform the economic habits of US art institutions and of the artists upon whose cultural work these institutions are dependent. Inside a decade, W.A.G.E.
de Peuter, Greig
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