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Journal of Information Systems and InformaticsThe gig economy, driven by digital platforms and technological advancements, is reshaping traditional career pathways globally, particularly in emerging economies like Bangladesh.
Afsana Mimi, Lisa Mani
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Aspects of Non-Standard Employment in Europe [PDF]
, 2017 [Excerpt] This report investigates recent developments in non-standard employment in the European Union. While the overall policy context is ‘social protection for all’, it does not focus exclusively on social protection.
Eurofound
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Post-automation: report from an international workshop [PDF]
, 2020 The purpose of this report is to share lessons from an international research workshop dedicated to post- automation. Twenty-seven researchers from eleven different countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, met at the Science Policy Research ...
Fressoli, Mariano +3 more
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
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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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The spread of non‐native species
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock +16 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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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Exploring the Work Perceptions and Experiences of Gig Workers Globally: A Scoping Review
Administrative SciencesThe rapid expansion of the gig economy is reshaping work globally, producing both new opportunities and significant challenges for workers across diverse regions.
Sameera Hussain-Khan +2 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Paola Cerrito +2 more
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