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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Gig Economy"”.
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Milieus in the Gig Economy
… work relations in the context of the so-called gig economy (also known as the sharing, collaborative, platform, and on-demand economy). Against the background of recent concerns over automation replacing work at a large scale, the project argues instead that the displacement of work warrants …
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The Gig is Up: The Disjunction of Gig Economy Labor and the American Welfare State
The gig economy has rapidly become something of a phenomenon in the digital economy today. New firms are quickly being added to this digital market ecosphere and the business model has garnered the attention of the business and investor communities as a new organizational alternative to standard …
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"Informalisation of employment and career trajectories in the gig economy: evidence from ehailing drivers Cape Town"
… fairness, and industry performance within the gig-economy are well-studied globally. However, the South African context remains underexplored. Research on career trajectories and informality in this sector has been limited by insufficient data and the absence of robust frameworks. Research …
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DIGITAL LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE GIG ECONOMY: PLATFORM-TO-CONSUMER FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES IN GLOBAL NORTH AND GLOBAL SOUTH
The platform business model has been expanding exponentially over time reshaping capitalism as well as work and labour relations within it. In less than a decade, digital platforms have grown from a niche market to engulf different industries and services across the globe, in developed and …
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Understanding the role of cybersecurity culture in the gig economy: the case of platform-based food delivery workers in Gauteng
The growth of gig economy platforms has coincided with increased cybersecurity threats and attacks. As gig platforms have evolved, so too have cybercriminals, with attacks such as malware, phishing, and social engineering becoming increasingly sophisticated and human centric. However, cybersecurity …
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The Impact of the Gig Economy on the Well-being of Independent Contractors. A Case Study of Uber, Bolt and Gokada
The gig economy is a rising global phenomenon in which gig workers provide “alternative work arrangements” for short-term contracts; also known as gigs, primarily agreed upon via digital platforms for various services such as food delivery or transportation. Work in the gig economy is typically …
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Managing Self-Scheduling Capacity
Gig-economy platform like Uber, Lyft, Postmates, and Instacart have created markets in which independent service providers provide on-demand service to consumers. A hallmark of this arrangement is that providers decide for themselves when, where, and how much to work. In other words, the platform …
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Working on-demand in the domestic sector: A case study on the experiences of platform domestic work in Cape Town
… a growing presence of platform companies of the gig economy that are providing platform domestic work in South Africa, more specifically cleaning services. In the platform domestic work model, the provision of domestic service is now undertaken on an on-demand basis and is organized and …
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The economic impact of education spending : evidence from self-employed households
… parents become wage-earners or enter the gig economy after exiting to meet the financial obligations of sending kids to college.
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Towards the creation a fair ride-hailing industry: Should South African labour law regulate the Uber relationship?
… for many persons. The rise of the so called ‘gig economy’, has created a precarious livelihood for those dependent on work performed on various internet-based platforms. Recently the ‘Uber work on demand’ application was introduced into the South African market. With any new invention, there …
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Los Delivreros: Labor, Platforms, and Transnational Flows of lnformation in Latin American Gig Workers
… (2019) and Rosenblat (2017) have shown how the gig economy ecosystem is underpinned by long-standing tensions between companies and workers; I argue that migrant delivery workers defy information and knowledge asymmetries by repurposing the technology that has been built as a means for control. …
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Surveillance Technology and the Neoliberal State: Expanding the Power to Criminalize in a Data-Unlimited World
… use information technologies to enter into the gig economy. The individuating logic of neoliberalism, combined with the rapid economic potentialities of information technology, turn individuals into mere sources of human capital. Even though the American state's commitment to neoliberalism …
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Reading the Culture Wars in the New Academic Novel, 1984-Present
… to which they are related, like the rise of the gig economy and the transition to post-Fordism, I read these novels as demonstrating the use of neoliberal policies to pursue a new form of higher education that would better serve the needs of a neoliberal state. Ultimately, I suggest that these …
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Three essays on Platform Capitalism and its alternative
… control mechanisms that bind workers to gig platforms through factor markets' dependence. This essay examines the Artisan Courier Model (ACM) by interlocking framework enriching our comprehension of labor control and precarity dynamics. The third essay offers a model to counter the …
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A Study of Ethics in Crowd Work-Based Research
… of crowd work in various fields such as the gig economy. However, little study or deliberation has been conducted on the ethical issues associated with academic research in this context. Current sources for ethical research practice, such as the Belmont Report, have not been examined …
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Gig work in Scotland : an exploratory study of job quality among gig workers in Central Scotland
Current views of gig work and the implications of these modern employment practices for workers and wider society are largely polarized. However, current presumptions regarding the quality of gig work have been mainly speculative and are not embedded within the experiences of workers (Kalleberg & …
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‘Painting a Picture’ when ‘Putting in a Grievance’ Revelations and Reforms for Resolving Individual Grievances at the Town Hall
… a broader level, the expansion of the so-called ‘gig economy’ has forced the judiciary, through decisions involving major digital brands such as Deliveroo and Uber, as well as the Government itself, to consider the status implications, and the associated rights of directly employed workers and …
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Working for Small Change: Investigating the Livelihoods of Ride-hailing Drivers in Cape Town, South Africa
… and informalisation that ride-hailing and the gig economy entails in the Global South.
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