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Despite some advantages over traditional (offline) labor markets - such as lower search costs, better matching and improved monitoring - online labor markets (OLMs) have not taken off as initially expected. In this paper, we study the factors that limit perceived project success on OLMs. Using...
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The emergence of online labor markets calls the validity of traditional career models into question. Given the volatility and digital nature of this environment, short-term employment relationships and heterogeneity of workers, employers and tasks in these markets, it is unclear how careers...
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This paper extends the fast-growing research stream on gamification in corporate training by examining the impact of … gamification on employees' knowledge retention, knowledge sharing, and job performance. A mixed-methods approach was employed … gamification techniques in corporate training. The sample consisted of 110 employees and business owners who attended gamified …
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The 'gig economy' refers to a market system in which companies or individual requesters hire workers to perform short assignments. These transactions are mediated through online labour platforms, either outsourcing work to a geographically dispersed crowd or allocating work to individuals in a...
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Much litigation and scholarly commentary has focused on whether Uber drivers and other platform workers are employees of the platform or independent contracts. This Article contends that in the long run, this debate will be irrelevant to the question of how to protect workers in the platform...
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Designing benefits for the growing platform workforce in the U.S. poses significant challenges. While platform workers need protection against unforeseen shocks, work that is often part time and spread across multiple platforms makes the traditional benefits model untenable. This paper reports...
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