The rapid growth of the platform economy has provoked scholarly discussion of its
consequences for the nature of work and employment. We identify four major themes in the …

Management & Workplace Culture Book of the Year, 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards
A Publishers Weekly Fall 2020 Big Indie Book The dark side of the gig economy (Uber …

How and why do platform workers 'quit'? Drawing on original qualitative data from 84 ride‐
hail drivers, the author finds that platform companies use information asymmetries to …

How do gig platforms prevent workers from defecting to a competitor? Drawing on 40
original interviews and survey data from 210 ride‐hail drivers, the author finds that platform …

There is a growing debate about the nature and extent of platform control over workers.
Companies claim they are merely 'matchmakers' while labour advocates argue that these …

Algorithms influence every facet of modern life: criminal justice, education, housing,
entertainment, elections, social media, news feeds, work... the list goes on. Delegating …

In the digital gig economy, workers generally have limited power and are disadvantaged
compared to platform operators, who are usually large technology firms. Workers are often …

An underdeveloped theme in scholars' understanding of the personal services sector of the
platform economy—also known as the “sharing economy”—is change. Most research on …

This article explores the long-term trends behind the rise of Uber, one of the most valuable
corporations in the contemporary US In 2018 a study by the Economic Policy Institute found …

Data is to digital capitalism what oil or minerals have been to earlier industrial stages of
capitalism, for it must be mined, extracted, and refined by algorithms. Uber is a transportation …