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This article presents findings regarding collective organisation among online freelancers in middle-income countries … structuring communication and unions are absent. Previous research is limited to either conventional freelancers or ‘microworkers … freelancers who obtain work via a variety of online platforms to highlight that Internet-based communities play a vital role in …
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The notion of regular, full-time employment as one of the defining features of the U.S. economy has been called into question in recent years by the apparent growth of alternative or "nonstandard" arrangements - part-time work, temporary help, independent contracting, and other arrangements....
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We examine the activities of multihoming workers in the gig economy, characterized by their switching between gig economy platforms, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, we use a comprehensive dataset from an analytics company that tracks the...
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Sharing economy online labor platforms play a critical role in bringing together freelancers and potential employers …. This research is one of the few studies to address how freelancers' characteristics impact the likelihood of being hired by … associated with the employment decision. The results indicate that country of residence does matter. Freelancers who tend to be …
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Biographical note: Stephen R. Barley is Charles M. Pigott Professor of Management Science and Engineering and Co-Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at Stanford's School of Engineering. Gideon Kunda is Associate Professor in the Department of Labor Studies at Tel Aviv...
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