The influence of digital platforms on gig workers: A systematic literature review [PDF]
HeliyonDigital platforms have significantly transformed the labor market, particularly in the gig economy. Despite this issue's growing importance, no systematic literature review has explicitly examined the influence of digital platforms on gig workers.
Farah Diba Almayanda Alauddin +3 more
doaj +4 more sources
Behind the flexibility: insufficient occupational injury protection of gig workers in China [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 ObjectiveOccupational injury protection is essential to safeguard the basic rights of workers. This article focuses on a group of gig workers who have emerged on a large scale in recent years in China and aims to explore their status of occupational ...
Xiaoxing Ran, Ying Zhao
doaj +2 more sources
Are algorithmically controlled gig workers deeply burned out? An empirical study on employee work engagement [PDF]
BMC Psychology, 2023 Background With the emergence of the gig economy as a new economic form, the influence of algorithmic technology control on gig workers’ perceptions and engagement has become a topic of academic concern.
Jiao Jiao Lang +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Measuring Well-Being of Migrant Gig Workers: Exampled as Hangzhou City in China [PDF]
Behavioral Sciences, 2022 The consistent innovations and applications of information technology drive the vigorous development of the gig economy, and generate gig workers such as food delivery workers and couriers, and make a great contribution to stabilizing employment and ...
Tinggui Chen +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
National survey of mental health and life satisfaction of gig workers: the role of loneliness and financial precarity [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives To compare the mental health and life satisfaction of those employed in the gig work and contingent work with those in full-time or part-time work and the unemployed in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. To explore the possible mechanisms of
Adam Coutts +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
The health of workers in the global gig economy [PDF]
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
doaj +4 more sources
Voice in the algorithmic era: how perceived algorithmic control influences gig workers’ voice behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyExisting studies have focused on gig workers’ voice behavior and the mechanisms through which it is expressed via official and unofficial channels, the underlying logic of voice behavior generation, particularly its operational pathways under algorithmic
Ting Liang +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Workplace Health and Safety, 2019 Occupational health nurses can ensure that gig workers are aware of health and safety requirements, receive appropriate training for the job, and use appropriate personal protective equipment.
Susan A Randolph
exaly +3 more sources
Precarious employment and its relation to mental well-being in the gig economy: comparing main and supplementary workers [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & HealthOBJECTIVES: This study investigates the association between precarious employment (PE) and mental well-being and examines the mediating role of five intrinsic quality of work (IQW) dimensions: autonomy, physical demands, work intensity, skill discretion,
Elief Vandevenne +3 more
doaj +2 more sources
Challenge or Hindrance? The Dual Impact of Algorithmic Control on Gig Workers’ Prosocial Service Behaviors [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesAlgorithmic technological progress presents both opportunities and challenges for organizational management. The success of online labor platforms hinges on algorithmic control, making it imperative to explore how this control affects gig workers ...
Xuedong Liang +3 more
doaj +2 more sources