Workers of the Internet unite? Online freelancer organisation among remote gig economy workers in six Asian and African countries

AJ Wood, V Lehdonvirta… - New Technology, Work …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… , to develop among online freelancers in the remote gig economy in the future. In doing so
we … workers and which is of instrumental value for workers in the global remote gig economy. …

Good gig, bad gig: autonomy and algorithmic control in the global gig economy

AJ Wood, M Graham, V Lehdonvirta… - Work, employment and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
… of work in the remote gig economy. Such work consists of the remote provision of a wide …
N = 679) to detail the manner in which remote gig work is shaped by platform-based algorithmic …

Antagonism beyond employment: how the 'subordinated agency'of labour platforms generates conflict in the remote gig economy

AJ Wood, V Lehdonvirta - Socio-Economic Review, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… This article investigates why gig economy workers who see themselves as self-employed …
Using ethnographic evidence on the remote gig economy in North America, the UK and the …

Platforms disrupting reputation: precarity and recognition struggles in the remote gig economy

AJ Wood, V Lehdonvirta - Sociology, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… We focus empirically on freelancer reputation in the remote gig economy – a sector in which
the importance of platform reputation systems and trust has previously been highlighted (…

The gig economy and information infrastructure: The case of the digital nomad community

W Sutherland, MH Jarrahi - Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
… In order to explore more distributed aspects of the gig economy, we investigate a specific
community of remote, location-independent workers known as digital nomads. Digital nomads …

Hidden transcripts of the gig economy: labour agency and the new art of resistance among African gig workers

MA Anwar, M Graham - … and Planning A: Economy and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… In this article, we examine how remote gig workers in Africa exercise agency to earn and
sustain their livelihoods in the gig economy. In addition to the rewards reaped by gig workers, …

Gig work, telework, precarity, and the pandemic

J Schulz, L Robinson, N McClain… - American Behavioral …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
… Next, we turn from the platform economy to remote work and telework in Latin America.
We start with an article examining the state of remote work in Uruguay. The study by Matías …

Between a rock and a hard place: Freedom, flexibility, precarity and vulnerability in the gig economy in Africa

MA Anwar, M Graham - Competition & Change, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… Since we are concerned in this paper by work that can be performed remotely irrespective
… of remote gig work on African workers’ lives and livelihoods. The terms remote work and gig

New Social Challenges Of Gig-Economy

SI Sotskova, IV Kalashnikova - … Proceedings of Social …, 2021 - europeanproceedings.com
… – the gig economy. … remote work conditions is strengthening. In 2019, 6 million Russians
were considered "pure" freelancers. Office staff also appreciate the opportunity to work remotely. …

Digital Nomads Employment in the Online Gig Economy

BY Thompson - Glocalism, 2018 - riviste.unimi.it
… the so-called technologically enhanced “gig economy” as a win-win for … remote and control
their own schedule – and employers no longer need to provide overheads and benefits. Gigs