Understanding and shaping the future of work with self-determination theory

M Gagné, SK Parker, MA Griffin, PD Dunlop… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Self-determination theory has shaped our understanding of what optimizes worker
motivation by providing insights into how work context influences basic psychological needs …

Platform-mediated food delivery work: a review for CSCW

K Kusk, M Nouwens - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
CSCW holds a valuable set of notions and tools for future granular inquiry into the work
practice on food delivery platforms and pertinent questions from the field of food delivery …

How algorithmic management influences worker motivation: A self-determination theory perspective.

M Gagné, X Parent-Rocheleau, A Bujold… - Canadian Psychology …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
La gestion algorithmique (GA) gagne rapidement du terrain parmi les différentes industries
et transforme considérablement la nature du travail, grâce aux progrès réalisés dans le …

More reliance, more injuries: Income dependence, workload and work injury of online food-delivery platform riders

Z Jing, L Yuru, Z Yue - Safety science, 2023 - Elsevier
Food-delivery platform riders constitute a vulnerable population that is particularly
susceptible to safety incidents and injuries. At present, only a few studies have specifically …

Vulnerable food delivery platforms under pressure: Protesting couriers seeking 'algorithmic justice'and alternatives

K Vandaele - The Routledge Handbook of the gig economy, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
App-based food delivery is the most visible type of platform work. 1 Couriers are easily
identifiable on city streets and in restaurant zones via their platform-branded backpacks and …

Platform-based food delivery in Paris before and during the pandemic: profile, motivations and mobility patterns of couriers

A Aguilera, L Dablanc, C Krier, N Louvet - European Transport Research …, 2022 - Springer
Background Platform-based fast delivery is developing rapidly in many cities across the
world, especially in the food sector. Yet knowledge about the characteristics and the activity …

What if delivery riders quit? Challenges to last-mile logistics during the Covid-19 pandemic

MH Nguyen, D Pojani, DQ Nguyen-Phuoc… - … in Transportation Business …, 2023 - Elsevier
Notoriously precarious, hazardous, and stressful, delivery jobs became even more onerous
and dangerous during the pandemic. In this study, set in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, we …

Platform work and precariousness: Low earnings and limited control of work

I Campbell - A Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society, 2022 - elgaronline.com
Platform work, understood in this chapter as 'paid labour intermediated by online labour
platforms'(Kilhoffer 2021, 2), has become a significant topic in social science. Research into …

Playing in Traffic? Exploring the Intersection of Platforms, Agency, and Space in Bicycle Courier Mobilities

J Suslowicz, M Brömmelstroet - Journal of Urban Technology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores change in the mobile geographies of bicycle courier work as a result of
platform economy influences, with a focus on how agency of movement characteristic of …

Atmospheric conditioning: Airport automation, labour and the COVID‐19 pandemic

W Lin - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper contributes to debates on human–technologies relations and labour
geographies. It thinks through how the adoption of automation is mediated by the …