Die AutorInnen analysieren in zehn Länderstudien und in zwei länderübergreifenden Studien die Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf Arbeit. Es werden Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede in den einzelnen Ländern, etwa hinsichtlich Geschlecht, herausgearbeitet und Strategien, mit de…
In The AI Advantage, Thomas Davenport offers a guide to using artificial intelligence in business. He describes what technologies are available and how companies can use them for business benefits and competitive advantage. He cuts through the hype of the AI craze--remember when…
Experiencing the new world of work
"This edited volume explores the diversity of experiences and expressions of 'new' ways of working. It includes studies of novel organisations of work around hacker and maker spaces, digital nomadism, co-working spaces, and gig and platform working. Through these studies, it ref…
Work in the gig economy: an introduction -- Classifying gig work -- Technology, algorithms & digital platform organisations -- Multi-party working relationships: understanding the experiences of gig workers -- The future of gig work: key issues, solutions & future research direc…
Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, and public health initiatives that provide only marginal protection of sex workers' rights. In this book, Prabha Kotiswar…
"This volume offers a systematic account of the effects of globalization on the shipping industry and seafarers lives. The seafarers' labour market is changing rapidly and this study discusses the challenges encountered in recruitment practices, trade unions and collective barga…
Precarious creativity: global media, local labor
"Precarious Creativity examines the seismic changes confronting media workers in an age of globalization and corporate conglomeration. This pathbreaking anthology peeks behind the hype and supposed glamor of screen media industries to reveal the intensifying pressures and challe…