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Crowdwork as an elevator of human capital – a Sustainable Human Development perspective
Work is a key element in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Crowdwork is a new way of working defined as a paid, digital platform-enabled form of work based on crowdsourcing model. Previous research on crowdwork narrowly considered its direct and immediate economic impact on individual workers overlooking its [...]
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 [...]
Internet Platform Employment in China : Legal Challenges and Implications for Gig Workers through the Lens of Court Decisions
We aimed to examine court rulings on disputes between network platforms and labour providers in order to understand the nature of the employment relations and the broader consequences for society as a whole. We addressed two questions : What is the attitude and role of the courts in resolving disputes [...]
After-hours connectivity management strategies in academic work
Emerging literature has identified a range of strategies that professionals develop in order to manage after-hours connectivity to work, but it has largely treated those strategies as being independent from each other. Existing research has not captured the dynamic nature of connectivity or how this may facilitate the redrawing [...]
Reimagining e-leadership for reconfigured virtual teams due to Covid-19
Driven by an unexpected transition into virtual working worldwide as a result of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, in this paper, we examine the extent to which existing knowledge from the literature on virtual teams (VTs) spanning two decades can be used to inform how leadership can be [...]
Crowdwork, digital liminality and the enactment of culturally recognised alternatives to Western precarity: insights from crowdworkers in Nigeria
Research on crowdwork in developing countries considers it precarious. This reproduces its Western conceptualisation assuming that crowdworkers in developing countries imitate their Western counterparts, without close examination of their experiences and responses to work conditions. This study breaks this epistemological terra nullius to pursue an in-depth examination of workers’ [...]
COVID-19 and the uncertain future of HRM: furlough, job retention and reform
The article argues that job retention should be a central aim and practice of human resource management (HRM). Set against the global COVID-19 crisis, theoretical insights are drawn from strategic HRM planning and the economics of ‘labour hoarding’ to consider the potential benefits of workforce furloughing. Furlough has been [...]
Robots, Reshoring, and the Lot of Low-Skilled Workers
We propose a theoretical framework to analyze the offshoring and reshoring decisions of firms in the age of automation. Our theory suggests that increasing productivity in automation leads to a relocation of previously offshored production back to the home economy but without improving low-skilled wages and without creating jobs [...]
The role of digital health platforms in re-skilling healthcare professionals in developing countries: The case of MedicineAfrica
There is limited understanding about how digital health platforms can establish and develop professionalism in developing countries, especially where continuous professional development opportunities are scarce or under-developed. Our research illustrates how this can be achieved by drawing on a qualitative study of a non-profit platform, MedicineAfrica, that is dedicated [...]