• From crafting what you do to building resilience for career commitment in the gig economy 

      Wong, Sut I; Kost, Dominique; Fieseler, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The present study investigates how individual and collaborative job crafting may help digital labourers to build resilience and career commitment in the gig economy. Results based on a time-lagged survey from 334 digital ...
    • The Future of Work, Digital Labor, and Business Legitimacy 

      Wong, Sut I (Chapter, 2020)
      The increasing trend of Internet technology platforms and its offerings of digital labor have revolutionized the world of work. Companies that compete in this so-called gig economy are breaking away from traditional work ...
    • Pacifying the Algorithm – Anticipatory compliance in the face of algorithmic management in the gig economy 

      Bucher, Eliane; Schou, Peter Kalum; Waldkirch, Matthias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Algorithmic management is used to govern digital work platforms such as Upwork or Fiverr. However, algorithmic decision-making is often non-transparent and rapidly evolving, forcing workers to constantly adapt their behavior. ...
    • Self-Branding Strategies of Online Freelancers on Upwork 

      Blyth, Dorothy; Jarrahi, Mohammad Hossein; Lutz, Christoph; Newlands, Gemma Elisabeth Marjorie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Self-branding is crucial for online freelancers as they must constantly differentiate themselves from competitors on online labor platforms to ensure a viable stream of income. By analyzing 39 interviews with freelancers ...
    • “This isn't forever for me”: Perceived employability and migrant gig work in Norway and Sweden 

      Newlands, Gemma Elisabeth Marjorie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Information asymmetry regarding local job prospects, imperfect portability of qualifications and a lack of host country language skills combine to reduce migrants’ perceptions of their own employability. As a result, ...
    • Working in the digitized economy: HRM theory & practice 

      Connelly, Catherine; Fieseler, Christian; Černe, Matej; Giessner, Steffen Robert; Wong, Sut I (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      In our introduction to this special issue on the gig economy, we provide some context to how and why this phenomenon should be studied, with a particular emphasis on Human Resource Management. We then describe the four ...