Digitalisation and precarious work practices in alternative economies: Work organisation and work relations in e-cab services
Economic and Industrial Democracy
2022
43
2
May
559-584
digital economy ; digitalisation ; precarious employment ; service sector ; working conditions
Working conditions
https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X20924461
English
Bibliogr.
"The emergence of the gig economy is mostly an alternative to the core service economy, which is gradually being transformed in spatial and temporal dimensions. It is not work in the gig economy, per se, that is problematic, but the way in which it is organised or structured is creating ruptures across several dimensions. This article seeks to explore the work organisation and work relations practised in these gig economies. In particular, it provides empirical findings on work practices in e-cab services so as to highlight the growing precariousness, in both economic and social contexts, among the service providers."
Digital
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