What do platforms do? Understanding the gig economy

S Vallas, JB Schor - Annual review of sociology, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
The rapid growth of the platform economy has provoked scholarly discussion of its
consequences for the nature of work and employment. We identify four major themes in the …

The changing nature and organization of work: An integrative review of the literature

E Scully-Russ, R Torraco - Human Resource Development …, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Economics, demographics, technology, and other factors are changing the composition and
availability of jobs. Newer forms of freelance, contingent work, also known as gigs, are …

Sustaining precarity: Critically examining tourism and employment

RNS Robinson, A Martins, D Solnet… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
There is consensus that both the social, or people, dimension of sustainability and the
workforce are neglected in the tourism literature and policy. Premised on the understanding …

The “sharing” economy: labor, inequality, and social connection on for‐profit platforms

JB Schor, W Attwood‐Charles - Sociology Compass, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
For social analysts, what has come to be called the “sharing economy” raises important
questions. After a discussion of history and definitions, we focus on 3 areas of research in …

The employment relationship and inequality: How and why changes in employment practices are resha** rewards in organizations

M Bidwell, F Briscoe, I Fernandez-Mateo… - Academy of …, 2013‏ - journals.aom.org
We review the literature on recent changes to US employment relationships, focusing on the
causes of those changes and their consequences for inequality. The US employment model …

[کتاب][B] The disrupted workplace: Time and the moral order of flexible capitalism

BH Snyder - 2016‏ - books.google.com
The twenty-first century workplace compels Americans to be more flexible, often at a cost to
their personal well-being. In The Disrupted Workplace, Benjamin Snyder examines how …

[کتاب][B] The digital continent: Placing Africa in planetary networks of work

MA Anwar, M Graham - 2022‏ - library.oapen.org
Only ten years ago, there were more internet users in countries like France or Germany than
in all of Africa put together. But much has changed in a decade. The year 2018 marks the …

Neither precarious nor entrepreneur: The subjective experience of hybrid self-employed workers

A Murgia, V Pulignano - Economic and Industrial …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This article focuses on the 'hybridity'of solo self-employment by shedding light on the lived
experiences and meanings of the subjects within their institutional and socio-economic …

Continuing the precedent: Financially disadvantaging young people in" unprecedented" COVID‐19 times

P O'Keeffe, B Johnson, K Daley - Australian Journal of Social …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic is both a health and an economic crisis. Economically, lockdowns
across Australia have devastated business and industry, creating immediate spikes in under …

The portfolio ideal worker: Insecurity and inequality in the new economy

MT Neely - Qualitative Sociology, 2020‏ - Springer
The white-collar ideal worker norm helps to explain why social inequality persists in the
workplace, yet the concept reflects corporate workplaces of the mid-twentieth century. This …