Essays about: "Digital Gig Workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Digital Gig Workers.

  1. 1. Institutional Logic Multiplicity Behind the Hiring Processes - In-depth study of a Swedish online platform

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Khan Mohammad; Lei You; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : online platforms; hiring processes; institutional logics; institutional complexity; logic multiplicity;

    Abstract : Recent times have witnessed a nascent, highly dynamic and volatile economy that is transforming and determining the way modern businesses and transactions operate with the intervention of digital economic activity and online platforms, shaping the world around us. As a third-party intermediary between producers (sellers) and consumers (buyers), platform organizations that create value with trust control mechanisms make traditional organizational structures a thing of the past. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Crowdsourcing Process : An organizational risk management study

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Robin Staberg; Thomas Söderberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Crowdsourcing; Risk Management; Risk Management Framework; ISO 31000; COSO; Digital Gig Workers; Digital Gig Platforms; Dynamic Capabilities; Gig Economy; The Great Resignation;

    Abstract : There are four million voluntary attritions a month in the US. Many of these people choses to become freelance consultants (gig workers) working through digital gig platforms for better work-life balance. At the same time organizations requires a more flexible access to skills and competences to cope with an ever more dynamic business environment. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Changing Dynamics Within Management Consulting : How Digital Business Models and Gig Workers has Disrupted a Traditional Industry

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Julia Augustson; Elin Berholt; [2022]
    Keywords : Management consulting; gig economy; digital platform; gig worker; independent worker; digitalization; disruptive innovation; digital tools; Gigekonomi; digital plattform; managementkonsult; gigarbetare; gigare; frilansare; digitalisering; disruptiv innovation; digitala verktyg;

    Abstract : As the gig economy is growing at a rapid pace and digitalization has spread throughout the management consulting industry, a notable disruption of this traditional industry has occurred. Digitalization in the management consulting industry has affected both how the management consultant does his/her job as well as how the connection between consultant and client and the relationship between colleagues constitutes. READ MORE

  4. 4. Outsourced or Outforced? : A study on multi-sided food delivery platforms in the gig economy: the business actor perspective.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Torbjörn Moxstad; Julia Pettersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Gig economy; digital platforms; multi-sided platforms; outsourcing; food delivery industry;

    Abstract : The growth of the gig economy has resulted in an increased interest in the relatively new phenomenon of multi-sided digital platforms. Previous research has naturally been focused on one of the key actors on these platforms, namely the gig workers, and how the gig economy has affected the labor market. READ MORE

  5. 5. Setting Up Shop in the Digital Bazaar – Bangladeshi Blue-Collar Service-Providers’ Adoption of a Business Aggregator

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Shantana Shahid; [2020]
    Keywords : Innovation adoption; Diffusion of innovations; Business aggregator; Platform economy; Multi-sided platforms; Sheba.xyz; ICT4D; C4D; Digitalisation; Digital inclusion; Gig workers; Dhaka; Micro-entrepreneurs; Own-account workers; Digital marketplace; Service marketplace; Supply-side users;

    Abstract : This essay explores the early experiences of Bangladeshi blue-collar service workers in digitalising their livelihoods. It is a qualitative study that surveys and interviews service-providers in Dhaka who use the business aggregator platform Sheba. READ MORE