The Temp Economy
by Project Muse, Hatton, Erin Elizabeth
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Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders-these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In The Temp Economy, Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icons…
Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders-these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In The Temp Economy, Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icons…
"Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders, these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In this book, Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icons of t…
Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders ;these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In The Temp Economy, Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icon…
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…
"Throughout the last decade, the 'gig economy' has emerged as one of the most significant developments in the world of work. As a novel, hyper-flexible form of labour, gig work features a uniquely fragmented working arrangement wherein independent workers partner with digital pl…
"Throughout the last decade, the 'gig economy' has emerged as one of the most significant developments in the world of work. As a novel, hyper-flexible form of labour, gig work features a uniquely fragmented working arrangement wherein independent workers partner with digital pl…
"This edited collection examines the gig economy in the age of convergence from a critical political economic perspective. Contributions explore how media, technology, and labor are converging to create new modes of production, as well as new modes of resistance. From rideshare …
We often hear that creative and intellectual innovation is the key to western economic renewal, that cognitive capitalism has succeeded in globalizing the mental-manual division of labour, and that old work - blue-collar, repetitive, de-skilled - is now consigned to the factorie…