Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-9pm4c Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T11:43:00.424Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

What’s the gig deal? Examining contemporary work issues in the gig economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2020

Traci M. Bricka Open the ORCID record for Traci M. Bricka [Opens in a new window]  and
Amber N. Schroeder Open the ORCID record for Amber N. Schroeder [Opens in a new window]
Traci M. Bricka*
Affiliation:
The University of Texas at Arlington
Amber N. Schroeder
Affiliation:
The University of Texas at Arlington
*
*Corresponding author. Email: traci.bricka@mavs.uta.edu
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Commentaries
Information
Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 2019 , pp. 491 - 494
Copyright
© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2020

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Aguinis, H., & Lawal, S. O. (2013). eLancing: A review and research agenda for bridging the science–practice gap. Human Resource Management Review, 23, 6–17. doi:10.1016/j.hrmr.2012.06.003CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bao, J., Zhou, X., & Chen, Y. (2017). Entrepreneurial passion and behaviors: Opportunity recognition as a mediator. Social Behavior and Personality, 45, 1211–1220. doi:10.2224/sbp.6492CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cardon, M. S., Gregoire, D. A., Stevens, C. E., & Patel, P. C. (2013). Measuring entrepreneurial passion: Conceptual foundations and scale validation. Journal of Business Venturing, 28, 373–396. doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.03.003CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. (2015). Zero-hours and short-hours contracts in the UK: Employers and employee perspectives. London, UK: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.Google Scholar
de Koning, J., & Gelderblom, A. (2006). ICT and older workers: No unwrinkled relationship. International Journal of Manpower, 27, 467–490. doi:10.1108/01437720610683967CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Deng, X., & Joshi, K. D. (2016). Why individuals participate in micro-task crowdsourcing work environment: Revealing crowdworkers’ perceptions. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 17, 648–673. doi:10.17705/1jais.00441CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Deskmag. (2017). Number of coworking spaces worldwide from 2005 to 2017. Statista - The Statistics Portal. Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/554273/numberof-coworking-spaces-worldwide/Google Scholar
Edelman Trust Barometer. (2019). 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer global report. Retrieved from https://www.edelman.com/sites/g/files/aatuss191/files/2019-02/2019_Edelman_Trust_Barometer_Global_Report.pdfGoogle Scholar
Graham, M., Lehdonvirta, V., Wood, A., Barnard, H., Hjorth, I., & Simon, D. P. (2017). The risks and rewards of online gig work at the global margins. Oxford, UK: Oxford Internet Institute.Google Scholar
Hall, J. V., & Krueger, A. B. (2018). An analysis of the labor market for Uber’s driver-partners in the United States. ILR Review, 71, 705–732.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hochwarter, W. A., Perrewé, P. L., Meurs, J. A., & Kacmar, C. (2007). The interactive effects of work-induced guilt and ability to manage resources on job and life satisfaction. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 12, 125–135. doi:10.1037/1076-8998.12.2.125CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Johns, T., & Gratton, L. (2013). The third wave of virtual work. Harvard Business Review, 91, 66–66.Google Scholar
Lehdonvirta, V. (2018). Flexibility in the gig economy: Managing time on three online piecework platforms. New Technology, Work and Employment, 33, 13–29. doi:10.1111/ntwe.12102CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mukherjee, A. S. (2016, December 28). Why we’re seeing so many corporate scandals. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2016/12/why-were-seeing-so-many-corporate-scandalsGoogle Scholar
Mumby, D. K. (2019). Work: What is it good for? (Absolutely nothing)—a critical theorist’s perspective. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 12(4), 429–443.Google Scholar
Ostroff, C., Kinicki, A. J., & Muhammad, R. S. (2013). Organizational culture and climate. In Schmitt, N. W., Highhouse, S., & Weiner, I. B. (Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Industrial and organizational psychology (pp. 643–676). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.Google Scholar
Petriglieri, G., Ashford, S. J., & Wrzesniewski, A. (2019). Agony and ecstasy in the gig economy: Cultivating holding environments for precarious and personalized work identities. Administrative Science Quarterly, 64, 124–170. doi:10.1177/0001839218759646CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pratt, M. G., & Ashforth, B. E. (2003). Fostering meaningfulness in working and at work. In Cameron, K., Dutton, J. E., & Quinn, R. E. (Eds.), Positive organizational scholarship: Foundations of a new discipline (pp. 309–327). San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.Google Scholar
Ravenelle, A. J. (2019). “We’re not Uber:” Control, autonomy, and entrepreneurship in the gig economy. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 34, 269–285. doi:10.1108/jmp-06-2018-0256CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rebar, J. (2019, January 9). It’s the same, only different. Retrieved from http://my.siop.org/Research-Publications/Items-of-Interest/ArtMID/19366/ArticleID/1639/It%E2%80%99s-the-Same-Only-DifferentGoogle Scholar
Rosenblat, A., & Hwang, T. (2016). Regional diversity in autonomy and work: A case study from Uber and Lyft drivers. Intelligence and Autonomy, 1–15.Google Scholar
Rosso, B. D., Dekas, K. H., & Wrzesniewski, A. (2010). On the meaning of work: A theoretical integration and review. Research in Organizational Behavior, 30, 91–127. doi:10.1016/j.riob.2010.09.001CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schein, E. H. (2010). Organizational culture and leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.Google Scholar
Spreitzer, G. M., Cameron, L., & Garrett, L. (2017). Alternative work arrangements: Two images of the new world of work. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 4, 473–499. doi:10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032516-113332CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Van der Spiegel, J. (1995). New information technologies and changes in work. In Howard, A. (Ed.), The changing nature of work (pp. 97–111). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.Google Scholar
Webster, J. (2016). Microworkers of the gig economy: Separate and precarious. New Labor Forum, 25, 56–64. doi:10.1177/1095796016661511CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Weil, D. (2014). The fissured workplace. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wolff-Mann, E. (2018, December 21). 10 big corporate scandals of 2018. Yahoo Finance. Retrieved from https://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-big-corporate-scandals-2018-184157192.htmlGoogle Scholar
Wong, M. M., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1991). Affiliation motivation and daily experience: Some issues on gender differences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 154–164. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.60.1.154CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wrzesniewski, A., LoBuglio, N., Dutton, J. E., & Berg, J. M. (2013). Job crafting and cultivating positive meaning and identity in work. In Bakker, A. (Ed.), Advances in positive organizational psychology (pp. 281–302). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yang, J., Gong, Y., & Huo, Y. (2011). Proactive personality, social capital, helping, and turnover intentions. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 26, 739–760. doi:10.1108/02683941111181806CrossRefGoogle Scholar