IBS Lunchtime Research Seminar - IBS Lunchtime Research Seminar - Understanding Work in the Online Platform Economy: The Narrow, the Broad, and the Systemic Perspectives

You are cordially invited to attend an IBS lunchtime research seminar by Dr Angela Garcia Calvo Henley Business School. Please join us in Room 108, Henley Business School. If you have not received the email invite please email Angie Clark.

Please make sure you let me know in advance if you intend to attend in person so that the correct amount of catering is booked.

Title: Understanding Work in the Online Platform Economy: The Narrow, the Broad, and the Systemic Perspectives

Date: Wednesday 15th February 2023

Time: 13.00 – 14.15pm

Teams – A Teams link to the seminar is included for those who cannot attend in person, however attendance in person is preferred.

Abstract:

This critical review of research on platform-mediated work argues that platform work studies are too focused on gig and remote work platforms. We introduce a framework that identifies three perspectives on how platforms reorganize work: narrow, broad, and systemic. This framework is used to examine the impact of platform-mediated work on four different aspects of work: management power, work processes, social protection and labour rights, and skills and career prospects.

Link to published paper: https://academic.oup.com/icc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icc/dtad005/7022134?redirectedFrom=fulltext