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1st Edition

The Digital Transformation of Labor Automation, the Gig Economy and Welfare

Edited By Anthony Larsson, Robin Teigland Copyright 2020

366 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

366 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process causes (or may cause) the autonomy of various labor functions, and its impact in creating (or stymieing) various job opportunities on the labor market. This book also seeks to illuminate what actors/groups are mostly benefited by the digitalization/digital... Read more

Table of Contents

Foreword: galaxy incognito

DR. KJELL A. NORDSTRÖM

1 A journey of a thousand miles: an introduction to the digitalization of labor

ANTHONY LARSSON

PART I Practical utilization of new technologies

2 Behind the history of labor: technology as the driving force

ALEXANDER BARD, JAN SÖDERQVIST AND ANTHONY LARSSON

3 The substitution of labor: from technological feasibility to other factors influencing the potential of job automation

JOCHEM VAN DER ZANDE, KAROLINE TEIGLAND, SHAHRYAR SIRI AND ROBIN TEIGLAND

4 Minimum wages for online labor platforms? Regulating the global gig economy

ALEX J. WOOD, MARK GRAHAM AND MOHAMMAD AMIR ANWAR

5 The digital disruption of science: governments and scientists toward an “Open Science”

ANTOINE MAIRE

6 Black boxes of cognitive computers and the impact on labor markets

VICTOR ERIK BERNHARDTZ

7 AI leadership and the future of corporate governance: changing demands for board competence

FERNANDA TORRE, ROBIN TEIGLAND AND LISELOTTE ENGSTAM

PART II The role of the digital welfare state

8 Polarization, tax revenue and the welfare state: digital disruption or still standing strong?

MÅRTEN BLIX

9 Welfare states and digitalization

BENT GREVE

10 “Gig patients”: health and dental care in the gig economy

ANTHONY LARSSON AND DOMINIKA SABOLOVÁ

PART III Digital disruption of status quo

11 GDPR: what are the risks and who benefits?

ANTHONY LARSSON AND PERNILLA LILJA

12 Players for hire: games and the future of low-skill work

EDWARD CASTRONOVA

13 The global gig economy: toward a planetary labor market

MARK GRAHAM AND MOHAMMAD AMIR ANWAR

14 Identifying the digital gender divide: how digitalization may affect the future working conditions for women

ANTHONY LARSSON AND YAMIT VIITAOJA

15 Consulting in the digital era? The role of tomorrow’s management consultants

ANTHONY LARSSON, NICOLE ANDERSSON, PETER MARKOWSKI, MALIN NILSSON AND IVY MAYOR

16 Digitalization, circular economy and the future of labor: how circular economy and digital transformation can affect labor

ANTHONY LARSSON AND LINN LINDFRED

PART IV Conclusion

17 Conclusion: the digital transformation of labor – where do we go from here?

ANTHONY LARSSON

Afterword: impact of digitalization on employment and working conditions

JOHN ØVRETVEIT

Index

Editor(s)

Biography

Anthony Larsson (Ph.D.) is a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research (SIR), Sweden. He holds a Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. He also holds an MBA and M.Sc. degrees in political science, social anthropology, and business administration and economics respectively, as well as an associate degree in psychology.

Robin Teigland (Ph.D.) is Professor of Management of Digitalization in the Entrepreneurship and Strategy Division at the Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. She is also Professor of Business Administration with a specialization in strategic information systems management at the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

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