1st Edition
Worker Well-being, Human Factors and the Gig Economy Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Foreword
Professor Sir Cary Cooper
Preface
Emily Yarrow
Chapter 1: Introduction and overview: Global opportunities and challenges in the gig economy and AI era
Emily Yarrow and Julie Davies
Chapter 2: Technological futures: human factors, tech, and healthcare
Tabish Zaman and Rani Shahwan
Chapter 3: Recognition and application of human factors in healthcare
Ricky Ellis, Umar Rehman, Mohammad S. Sarwar et al
Chapter 4: Worker well-being and safety in the gig economy-temporary agency workers Sian Roderick, Denis Dennehy and Gareth Davies
Chapter 5: Social reproduction in (and of) the gig economy: platforming women, work and family
Al James
Chapter 6: Ageing and well-being in the gig economy: older workers between hope and exploitation in Vietnam
Trang Dinh and Janne Tienari
Chapter 7: Critical investigation of precarious Japanese working practices – The gig economy in Japan
Aaron Taylor
Chapter 8: Entrepreneurial leadership and personal resilience intelligence
Janette Young
Chapter 9: The future of work and human factors
Clif P. Lewis
Chapter 10: Conclusion: inequalities and human factors
Emily Yarrow and Julie Davies
Key questions for reflection
Biography
Dr Emily Yarrow is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Organisations at Newcastle University Business School, UK. She holds positions as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and Academic Member of the CIPD (MCIPD). She serves as an elected member of Newcastle University Senate and Vice Chair for EDIR of the British Academy of Management. Emily's research focuses on gendered organisational behaviour, women's workplace experiences, and the future of work. Her interests include organisational theory, gender inequality regimes, algorithmic bias, and higher education governance. She earned her PhD at the Centre for Equality and Diversity at Queen Mary, University of London. Emily serves on Editorial Review Boards for multiple prestigious journals and she brings academic and commercial experience, having worked for Procter & Gamble as a Buyer. She has contributed to research and consultancy projects for organisations including the Scottish Government and Diageo. She is passionate about social justice in education and equality of opportunity, with particular interest in women’s career development, vertical gender segregation, and gendered power dynamics in organisations.
Professor Julie Davies is Professor of Healthcare Management and Leadership Development at Brunel Business School, Brunel University of London, UK, and Head of Business School Accreditations, Rankings and Reputation. Julie earned her PhD in strategic management at Warwick University, UK. She is a qualitative researcher, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD), and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Her research focuses on health, well-being, and decent work. Current research collaborations include projects with AIIMS (New Delhi) on medical leadership, with King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre on palliative care nursing, and work on early pregnancy endings in the workplace. Julie led a five-country EU project on HRM in regional SMEs and consulted on workforce redesign in rural healthcare. Julie teaches organisational behaviour and AI strategy while supervising doctoral students in healthcare management, gender studies, and strategic leadership. She has taught on the Open University MBA for 30 years and co-authored books on business school leadership and management doctorates.
