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Making Gigs Work: Career Strategies, Job Quality and Migration in the Gig Economy
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Making Gigs Work: Career Strategies, Job Quality and Migration in the Gig Economy
Yazar:
Dunn, Michael, author.
ISBN:
9780438063778
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1 electronic resource (155 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Arne L. Kalleberg Committee members: Howard Aldrich; Jerry Davis; Jacqueline Hagan; Zeynep Tufekci.
Özet:
The early-21st century has witnessed a transformation in both technological advancement and the nature of the employment relationship. Flexible workforce strategies have been adopted (Kalleberg 2003); internal labor markets have disappeared (Cappelli 2001); and large, vertically integrated firms have vanished as well (Davis 2016a). These trends have all led to a dramatic rise in the use of independent contractors. In conjunction, we have witnessed a shift in employment, from the career, to the job, to the task (Davis 2015). At the confluence of changes in the nature of employment relationships and technological advancements lies the gig economy --- the focal point of this study. What differentiates work in the gig economy is that it operates within a new work ecosystem that is managed by online platforms, which broker work between employers and workers.
Using in-depth interviews and secondary sources, this study examines the gig economy through three main lines of inquiry. First, it investigates the role of gig work in a worker's labor market and career strategy. To do this, the study demarcates who is completing gig work and examines why they are completing it. Next, the project considers job quality through two lenses: a platform perspective and a worker perspective. In examining job quality from both these angles, it tries to answer the question: is gig work a good or a bad job? Finally, the project examines in what ways, if any, digital platforms and gig work may be affecting worker migration decisions.
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School code: 0153
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