Essays about: "Gig worker"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Gig worker.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Worker Ant or Your Own Boss? : A Labour Process Analysis of Foodora Riders' Experiences of Algorithmic Management

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Simon Karlernäs; [2021]
   Keywords : Algorithmic Management; Foodora; Gig Economy; Labour Process; Workplace Control; Individualism;

   Abstract : Introduction: This qualitative case study extends the research of algorithmic management by examining the experiences of food-delivery workers working for the gig company Foodora. As Foodora promotes the job as flexible and autonomous, the utilisation of labour process theory (LPT) in this study helps to uncover if these sentiments hold true in practice by examining what Foodora’s labour process looks like, and how control, autonomy, and individualism take shape in the workplace. READ MORE

4. 3. OnlyFans and the Realization of Women’s Freedom

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

   Author : Emely Adamsen; [2021]
   Keywords : Sex work; OnlyFans; freedom; feminism;

   Abstract : Women’s social and economic freedom is violated on both in the private and public life, and this needs to be resolved in order to achieve a society which realizes human dignity. This thesis aims to position the sex work on OnlyFans within the realization of women’s social and economic freedom. READ MORE

5. 4. Walking barefoot - A study of high-skilled women in the Gig Economy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Antonio Sterpin; Malva Bröijersén; [2020]
   Keywords : Gig Economy; Gender; Inequality; Doing Gender; Redoing Gender; Ideal Worker; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this master thesis was to increase the understanding of the role of gender in the Gig Economy. This research followed a social constructivist approach with an abductive mechanism that allowed for parallel working with theory and empirical data. READ MORE

6. 5. Challenges with gig workers : A mediator perspective

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Christopher Puusepp; [2019]
   Keywords : Gig economy; Gig worker; Mediator; Management; Challenges;

   Abstract : A new type of worker, the gig worker, is acknowledge and problematized as to what challenges mediators can face with managing them as previous research points out their differences from other workers. The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze challenges that a mediator can face when managing gig workers and also elevate the knowledge regarding gig workers on how to work with them. READ MORE