Hustle and gig : struggling and surviving in the sharing economy /

"The sharing economy claims to bring the romance of entrepreneurship to the masses. Through qualitative interviews with nearly eighty workers for Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit, and Kitchensurfing, 'Hustle and Gig' explores how the gig economy's classification of workers as "indep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ravenelle, Alexandrea J., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Temas:
Precarious employment.
Independent contractors.
Cooperation.
Employee rights.
Travail précaire.
Entrepreneurs indépendants.
Personnel > Droits.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Cooperation
Employee rights
Independent contractors
Precarious employment
airbnb.
be your own boss.
choose your hours.
choose your work.
control your own income.
discrimination.
economic inequality.
enhance worker rights.
entrepreneurs.
gig economy.
kitchensurfing.
maintain algorithm approved acceptance.
millennial workers.
online platforms.
response rates.
right to unionize.
sexual harassment.
sharing economy.
taskrabbit.
transcend capitalism.
uber.
volatility.
worker safety.
workplace protections.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Success stories, strugglers and strivers
  • What is the sharing economy?
  • Forward to the past and the early industrial age
  • Workplace troubles
  • Sharing is caring
  • All in a day's (dirty) work
  • Living the dream?

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