This article explores the changing nature of work across the globe, specifically in India, with
the emergence of the gig economy. It discusses the theoretical background debates on work …

Industry experts estimate that there could be over 15 million gig economy workers in India.
Despite its massive potential, India's gig economy is still at a very nascent stage. Due to the …

Crowdsourcing in China is a thriving industry. Among its most interesting structures, we find
crowdfarms, in which crowdworkers self-organize as small organizations to tackle …

Distinctive forms of technological change may be charting a new course for lifelong learning
and work around the globe. In this chapter, we draw upon studies of work offered by …

Purpose: This chapter explores the changing global dynamics of employability and the
current skill gaps among college students. Employability is defined as the measure of how …

The platform economy is perceived to hold enormous potential to address some of the
existing economic disparities. This chapter suggests that precariousness was a complex …

Sustaining Work-based Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic became a challenge since
access to working-cum-learning places for students of a work-based degree programme …

This exploratory case study examines the working and living conditions of almost 100 data
workers, who annotate data to build the necessary datasets for and to help train artificial …

Gig work increasingly defines the visual topographies and economies of Indian cities: from
the Swiggy or Zomato1 food delivery workers zooming by on their mopeds to the software …

Researchers have already shown that job satisfaction of workers is highly associated with
motivation, performance and satisfaction of workers/professionals. Conventionally workers …