Platform Economy Puzzles: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Gig Work - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1839100273 ISBN 13: 9781839100277

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

Searching for paid tasks via digital labour platforms, such as Uber, Deliveroo and Fiverr, has become a global phenomenon and the regular source of income for millions of people. In the advent of digital labour platforms, this insightful book sheds new light on familiar questions about tensions between competition and cooperation, short-term gains and long-term success, and private benefits and public costs. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge from a range of disciplines, including law, management, psychology, economics, sociology and geography, it pieces together a nuanced picture of the societal challenges posed by the platform economy.

Chapters present a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the rise of gig work, reflecting on long-term developments in the gig economy and incorporating contemporary developments into the rich theoretical and empirical literature on the topic. Charting new research territory, the book addresses key academic and policy challenges, arming readers with relevant analytical tools and practical solutions to face common problems. This book comprises a key reference for future research on the topic as well as critical policy measures for addressing challenges relating to gig work.

Offering an integrated outline of the latest insights, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of the platform economy and gig work, outlining academic insights and empirical research, and illustrating a research agenda for future scholarship. The book’s comprehensive approach will also benefit policy-makers, managers and workers as they confront the platform economy’s wide variety of legal, economic and management challenges.

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About the Author

Edited by Jeroen Meijerink, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Twente, Giedo Jansen, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam and Victoria Daskalova, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1839100273
• ISBN 13: 9781839100277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Meijerink Jeroen, Jansen Giedo, Daskalova Victoria