Labor Market Flexibility in Platform Capitalism: Online Freelancing, Fluid Workplaces, and the Precarious Nature of Employment
Labor Market Flexibility in Platform Capitalism: Online Freelancing, Fluid Workplaces, and the Precarious Nature of Employment
Author(s): Johanna Grudin, Marek Ďurica, Lucia SvabovaSubject(s): Labor relations, Management and complex organizations, Human Resources in Economy, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: labor market flexibility; platform capitalism; online freelancing;
Summary/Abstract: This article reviews and advances existing literature concerning labor market flexibility in platform capitalism. Using and replicating data from Ardent Partners, BBC, BloombergOpinion, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Deloitte, Eurofound, EY, Morning Consult, and ONS, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding how gig workers view their jobs (satisfaction, %), attitudes towards contingent workers (%), share of generational groups who think that the gig economy is beneficial for everyone in the UK (%), median individual income reported by alternative workers (US), self-employed EU workers (%, most popular sectors), US workers in alternative work arrangements (%), and top contingent workforce management challenges in 2019 (%). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
Journal: Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management
- Issue Year: 7/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 72-77
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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