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A Modern Union for the Modern Economy [PDF]

, 2018
Membership in traditional unions has steeply declined over the past two decades. As the White House and Congress are now completely Republican controlled, there promises to be no reversal of this trend in the near future. In the face of this rejection of
Hirsch, Jeffrey M., Seiner, Joseph A.
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Influence of Particle Size, Moisture, and Cloud Density on Wood Dust Ignition

Chemie Ingenieur Technik, EarlyView.
The ignition and combustion of particle clouds are strongly affected by particle interactions. This study uses spectroscopy to examine effects of particle size, water content, and cloud density. Results show ignition delay rises with larger size and density, whereas combustion duration depends mainly on water and density due to moisture‐driven ...
Matteo Giesen, Daniel Bernhardt, Michael Beckmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Online, on call: : the spread of digitally-organised just-in-time working and its implications for standard employment models [PDF]

, 2018
This article questions whether the dominant policy discourse, in which a normative model of standard employment is counterposed to ‘non-standard’ or ‘atypical’ employment, enables us to capture the diversity of fluid labour markets in which work is ...
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Hidden Markov graphical models with state‐dependent generalized hyperbolic distributions

Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we develop a novel hidden Markov graphical model to investigate time‐varying interconnectedness between different financial markets. To identify conditional correlation structures under varying market conditions and accommodate shape features embedded in financial time series, we rely upon the generalized hyperbolic family of ...
Beatrice Foroni, Luca Merlo, Lea Petrella   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional social support and gig workers’ performance in digital platforms: a chain-mediated model integrating emotion and autonomy

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Digital gig platforms grant gig workers greater autonomy and flexibility, yet they also introduce challenges such as self-management and feelings of isolation, making social support increasingly vital within gig work.
Shanshan Zhao, Zimo Jin, Jiahui Li, Yanfeng Liu   +3 more
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Boundaryless Careers and Ethical Implications: A Review and Critical Analysis of the Gig Economy

Community Development Journal
The gig economy's emergence and growth are relatively recent in the Philippines. Nevertheless, it has brought a new type of labor market, boundaryless careers, with numerous advantages or benefits and ethical quandaries or dilemmas for gig workers.
Minard Jr Gonzales, Karl P. Campos
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Pushed or Pulled? Becoming Gig Workers in Sri Lanka [PDF]

Kelaniya Journal of Management
The gig economy is expanding with more workers joining digital labour platforms globally. Gig work has become popular in Sri Lanka as well, especially during the recent past.
V. Ramamoorthy, A. R. Adikaram
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Digital Transformation in Work Integration Social Enterprises: Leadership Strategies and the Role of Internal Stakeholders

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital transformation is increasingly reshaping how social enterprises organize work, engage stakeholders, and pursue social value. While prior research has examined digitalization in hybrid organizations, limited attention has been paid to how responsibility for inclusive digital transformation is enacted internally.
Riccardo Maiolini, Federica D’Alessandro, Paolo Landoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The collision of feminisms, sexuality, and trafficking in persons in the Caribbean—A place for Kempadoo

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract The existence and development of feminist scholarship and practice have been revisited by feminist anthropologists and sociologists exploring it among the gendered cultural and historical dynamics of the Caribbean. Feminist Caribbeanists’ pioneering efforts that fit within this theoretical family have challenged the Global North status quo to ...
Cherisse Francis
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