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Technologically Mediated Human Resource Management Working Relationships in the Gig Economy

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the enactment of technologically mediated Human Resource Management (HRM) in the gig economy from various perspectives. The gig economy offers a new form of work which is in line with the ongoing consumer desire for convenience. Also known as the online platform, on-demand or digital platform economy, the gig economy is perhaps one of the most distinctive and extreme sides of... Read more

1. Technologically mediated human resource management in the gig economy

Anthony McDonnell, Ronan Carbery, John Burgess and Ultan Sherman

2. Having their cake and eating it too? Online labor platforms and human resource management as a case of institutional complexity

Jeroen Meijerink, Anne Keegan and Tanya Bondarouk

3. The effects of technological supervision on gig workers: organizational control and motivation of Uber, taxi, and limousine drivers

Peter Norlander, Nenad Jukic, Arup Varma and Svetlozar Nestorov

4. Fair’s fair: psychological contracts and power in platform work

Genevieve Shanahan and Mark Smith

5. Job quality, fair work and gig work: the lived experience of gig workers

Katie Myhill, James Richards and Kate Sang

6. Recruitment in the gig economy: attraction and selection on digital platforms

Penny Williams, Paula McDonald and Robyn Mayes

Biography

Anthony McDonnell is Professor of Human Resource Management, Deputy Dean and co-director of the Human Resource Research Centre at Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Ireland. His research interests include gig work, talent management and global staffing practices of MNCs.

Ronan Carbery is Senior Lecturer in Management, Director of the Executive MBA, and co-director of the Human Resource Research Centre at Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Ireland. His research interests include gig work, learning and development, and talent development.

John Burgess is Conjoint Professor of Human Resource Management at Torrens University, Australia. His research interests include the HRM practices of multinational enterprises, the transition from education to employment, working time arrangements and health, the transition from military to civilian employment, and the policy implications of contingent employment.

Ultan Sherman is Lecturer in Management and a member of the Human Resource Research Centre at Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Ireland. His research interests lie broadly in the relationship between work and psychology with a particular focus on the psychological contract.