• Authenticity and the Sharing Economy 

      Bucher, Eliane; Fieseler, Christian; Fleck, Matthes; Lutz, Christoph (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Based on a qualitative interview-study as well as on a quantitative survey among users of the room sharing platform Airbnb, we show that situational closeness between sharing economy consumers and providers may prompt ...
    • Controlled by the algorithm, coached by the crowd–how HRM activities take shape on digital work platforms in the gig economy 

      Waldkirch, Matthias; Bucher, Eliane; Schou, Peter Kalum; Grünwald, Eduard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      An increasing number of workers turn to digital platforms – such as Fiverr, Freelancer, and Upwork – as an alternative to traditional work arrangements. Digital platforms govern how gig workers join, move through, and leave ...
    • Digital affordances: how entrepreneurs access support in online communities during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Bucher, Eliane; Schou, Peter Kalum (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      COVID-19 has caused significant and unforeseen problems for entrepreneurs. While entrepreneurs would normally seek social support to help deal with these issues, due to social distancing, physical networks are often not ...
    • Divided we fall: The breakdown of gig worker solidarity in online communities 

      Schou, Peter Kalum; Bucher, Eliane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The‘gig economy’presents a contested new workarrangement where freelancers find work on digitalplatforms. Subsequently, previous research has investi-gated how gig workers develop solidarity and takecollective action against ...
    • Entrepreneurial learning in online communities 

      Schou, Peter Kalum; Bucher, Eliane; Waldkirch, Matthias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      New digital technologies possess the potential to transform entrepreneurial processes, such as how entrepreneurs pursue opportunities and access funding and how they learn. How entrepreneurs learn may be transformed as ...
    • Just Another Voice in the Crowd? Investigating Digital Voice Formation in the Gig Economy 

      Bucher, Eliane; Schou, Peter Kalum; Waldkirch, Matthias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Voice is crucial for workers as it enables them to better their organizations and exert some degree of control over managerial decision-making. Yet, as workers increasingly find jobs on digital platforms in the gig ...
    • Mattering in Digital Labor 

      Bucher, Eliane; Fieseler, Christian; Lutz, Christoph (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose: Online gig labor platforms bring together a global and fast-growing workforce to complete highly granular, remote and decontextualized tasks. While these environments might be empowering to some workers, many ...
    • 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. ...
    • Professionals, purpose-seekers, and passers-through: How microworkers reconcile alienation and platform commitment through identity work 

      Bucher, Eliane; Fieseler, Christian; Lutz, Christoph; Buhmann, Alexander (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Digital microwork consists of remote and highly decontextualized labor that is increasingly governed by algorithms. The anonymity and granularity of such work is likely to cause alienation among workers. To date we know ...
    • A Relational Work Perspective on the Gig Economy: Doing Creative Work on Digital Labour Platforms 

      Alacovska, Ana; Bucher, Eliane; Fieseler, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Based on interviews with 49 visual artists, graphic designers and illustrators working on two leading global digital labour platforms, this article examines how creative workers perform relational work as a means of ...
    • The Flow of Digital Labor 

      Bucher, Eliane; Fieseler, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Digital microwork is a type of labor that many—typically poorly paid—workers engage in. In our research, we focus on an experience-based model of digital labor and the nonmonetary benefits derived from such activities. ...
    • The Role of Privacy Concerns in the Sharing Economy 

      Lutz, Christoph; Hoffmann, Christian Pieter; Bucher, Eliane; Fieseler, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Internet-mediated sharing is growing quickly. Millions of users around the world share personal services and possessions with others—often complete strangers. Shared goods can amount to substantial financial and immaterial ...
    • Unfairness by Design? The Perceived Fairness of Digital Labor on Crowdworking Platforms 

      Fieseler, Christian; Bucher, Eliane; Hoffmann, Christian Pieter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Based on a qualitative survey among 203 US workers active on the microwork platform Amazon Mechanical Turk, we analyze potential biases embedded in the institutional setting provided by on-demand crowdworking platforms and ...
    • What’s mine is yours (for a nominal fee): exploring the spectrum of utilitarian to altruistic motives for Internet-mediated sharing 

      Bucher, Eliane; Fieseler, Christian; Lutz, Christoph (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In this contribution, we scrutinize the diverse motives for internet-mediated sharing as well as their role in shaping attitudes towards sharing one’s possessions in commercialized as well as non-commercialized settings. ...