WHAT IF YOUR BOSS WAS AN ALGORITHM? The gig economy promises to revolutionise
work as we know it, offering flexibility and independence instead of 9-to-5 drudgery. The …

[Excerpt] Technological advancement and the proliferation of the smartphone have
reshaped the commercial landscape, providing consumers new ways to access the retail …

Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income.
Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that …

Today it is common to see news headlines decrying the wildfire spread of the 'gig economy'.
We ask the exact opposite question: why aren't more jobs now conducted via labour-based …

Labour‐management practices and workers' experiences in the gig economy are topics of
major interest for researchers, regulators and the general public. Platform companies project …

Increasingly, employees are being falsely treated as 'self-employed'. This phenomenon–the
'gig economy'–is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come. In this book, Colin Crouch …

Digital platforms are the newest technological wave that is reshaping and reconfiguring the
economic and labour landscape. Digital platforms often known as the gig economy are …

Digitalization and the use of algorithms have raised concerns regarding the future of work;
the gig economy being identified by some as particularly concerning. Yet academic research …

'Gig'or platform-based work represents one of the most recent, highly-publicized labour
market trends. Attributed to the increased demand for flexibility on the part of employers …

This Article provides an analytical overview of the labor implications of the so-called" gig-
economy." The gig-economy is usually understood to include chiefly two forms of work:" …