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Towards a human-centred business and economic model? Megatrends and human resources management in China
Although HRM in China is often considered to be at a rudimentary stage, a number of leading firms have been quite innovative in developing HRM practices as part of their strategy to attract and retain talented staff and enhance organizational competitiveness. This chapter outlines some of the developments in [...]
Digitalised management, control and resistance in platform work: a labour process analysis
The era of platform work has presented employment researchers with a number of challenges. In this chapter, we focus on conceptual and theoretical issues; specifically, the problem of how best to understand platform worker contestation and resistance. To do this, we develop an application of labour process theory (Braverman [...]
The (non)instrumental character of unpaid internships: implications for regulating internships
Internships are an established feature of the UK graduate labour market. However, while the legal position of university work placements and voluntary workers in the third sector is relatively clear, the legal position of unpaid open-market internships is less clear. While attempts have been made to bring open-market internships [...]
Exploring Inequalities in Platform-Based Legal Work
The aim of this chapter is to examine the neglected area of platform work and inequalities. Drawing on Acker’s theoretical frame of inequality regimes, this study investigates whether platform work reproduces and/or augments inequalities. Extant research on platforms has focused predominantly on lesser-skilled work based on repetitive transactions; in [...]