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Sociotechnical Change in British Supermarkets: Examining the Role of Labour

open access: yesNew Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When predicting the future of retail work, commentators tend to focus on automation and labour replacement and neglect the continued role played by labour, particularly in food retail. To understand this role, this article draws on both interview and newspaper data to show how change unfolded in the sector from before to just after the ...
Abbie Winton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Typology of Labour Agency in the Gig Economy: Gig Drivers' Experiences of Struggle in Indonesia During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesNew Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how ride‐hailing drivers, couriers, and food‐delivery riders in Indonesia exercised labour agency to improve their working conditions during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Drawing on a survey (N = 997) and in‐depth interviews (N = 30) with gig drivers in Jakarta, it contributes to labour geography and employment relations ...
Muhammad Yorga Permana
wiley   +1 more source

Why Has in‐Work Poverty Risen in Britain?

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Is work a reliable route out of poverty, and what does that depend upon? In Britain, the headline relative poverty rate for those in working households steadily rose from 13.4% in 1994–95 to 18.4% in 2019–20. We study the drivers of this increase.
Jonathan Cribb, Tom Waters, Xiaowei Xu
wiley   +1 more source

From Discretion to Calculation: How Analog Automation Shaped Digitalization of Finnish Social Assistance

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Automation in public administration is often seen as a recent, purely digital phenomenon that transforms decision‐making and governance. This article challenges that view by elucidating a historical continuum in the automation of administrative decision‐making.
Aleksander Heikkinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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