TY  - BOOK
AU  - P.Vallas,Steven
AU  - Kovalainen,Anne
TI  - Work and Labor in the Digital Age
T2  - Research in the Sociology of Work Series
SN  - 9781789735871
AV  - HD4861-4895 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Bingley
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
KW  - Labor-Europe
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Contributors -- Introduction-Taking Stock of the Digital Revolution -- The Digital Revolution Laid Bare -- The Volume's Contents in Context -- Platform Capitalism: Future Paths  for Research -- References -- Chapter 1-Work and Value Creation in the Platform Economy -- An Analytic Framework/Taxonomy -- Work at the Platform Firms -- Platform Firm Employees: Venture Labor -- Platform Firm Contractors -- Platform-Mediated Work -- Platform-mediated Marketplaces -- Platform-mediated In-person Service Provision -- Platform-mediated Remote Contracting -- Platform-Mediated Content Creation -- Consignment Content Producers -- Non-platform Organization Content Producers -- User-generated Content -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2-Technology-Driven Task Replacement and the Future of Employment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Task-Replacement Framework -- 3. Unstated Assumptions of the  Task-Replacement Perspective -- 4. Task Complementarity Versus  Task Replacement -- 5. Why Labor-Saving Devices Do Not  Always Reduce Employment -- 6. Timing and Sequencing -- 7. The Rate of Occupational Change,  1870-2015 -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3-Platforms at Work: Automated Hiring Platforms and Other New Intermediaries in the Organization of Work -- Introduction -- What Are AHPs For? -- Literature Review: The Sociology of Work Meets Platform Studies -- Platform Studies -- A Sociology of Platforms at Work -- Methodology -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Findings -- Job Boards and Experimental Software: 1990-1993 -- The New Classified Sections: 1993-1996 -- Decision Point Systems and the Kiosk: 1997-2000 -- Automated Hiring Becomes a Web Platform: 2000-2006 -- Triangulating Claimed Benefits -- Loss Prevention; Reduced Hiring Bias -- Reduced Hiring Time -- Increased Retention -- Reducing Friction, Increasing Fragmentation -- Conclusion and Future Research  Directions -- Future Research Directions -- References -- Appendix: Application Policies for  the 2017 Fortune 500 List of Top  20 Employers in the US -- Chapter 4-Black Holes and Purple Squirrels: A Tale of Two Online Labor Markets -- Introduction -- Internet Search and Recruitment -- Data and Methodology -- The "Black Hole" of Mass Posting Sites -- Going with the Flow -- Low Skill and High Competition -- Répondez S'il Vous Plaît -- A Market for Passive Candidates -- The Stigma of Active Search -- Variation in Targeted Recruitment -- Fishing for Passive Talent -- Wooing Passive Candidates -- Hunting for Purple Squirrels -- Middle-Ground Practices -- Implications -- References -- Chapter 5-Brave New Digital Work? New Forms of Performance Control in Crowdwork -- 1. Introduction -- 2. State of the Research -- 2.2. Control on Crowdwork Platforms -- 2.3. Crowd, Community, and Social Engineering -- 3. Data and Methods -- 4. Empirical Findings: Varieties of  Control within Crowdwork -- 4.1.1. Microtask Platforms -- 4.1.2. Macrotask Platforms -- 4.2. Control through Reputation and Ranking Systems -- 4.2.1. Microtask Platforms -- 4.2.2. Macrotask Platforms -- 4.3. Community as Control -- 4.3.1. Microtask Platforms -- 4.3.2. Macrotask Platforms -- 5. Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6-Labor Market Inclusion Through Predatory Capitalism? The "Sharing Economy," Diversity, and the Crisis of Social Reproduction in the Belgian Coordinated Market Economy* -- Introduction -- The "Sharing Economy" as a Strategy  to Activate "Diverse" Labor -- The "Sharing Economy" As the Most Recent Step in the Flexibilization of the  Belgian Labor Market; The Business Model of Platform-Based Firms: Externalizing the Cost of the  Social Reproduction of Labor -- The Platform Economy: The Contradictions within Capital(ism) as a Historical Opportunity to Recover Self-Regulation -- Protecting All Workers Equally in the Belgian Labor Market -- Conclusions -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- References -- Chapter 7-Work-Games in the Gig-Economy: A Case Study of Uber Drivers in the City of Monterrey, Mexico -- Introduction -- Changes in the Labor Market of Monterrey -- Research Design -- The Constitutive Elements of  the Work-Games -- From the Factory to the App: The Uber Virtualized Management System -- Logging-In: The Virtual Work-Game  of Earning Coins -- Strategy I: Accept All Rides -- Strategy II: Locate the "Movimiento" -- Strategies III: Earning Stars -- A Hidden Management Structure -- Different Modes of Playing for  Different Players -- Professional Players -- Industrial Players -- Precarious Players -- Students -- After Playing the Game -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
N2  - This volume presents the most recent studies of work and labor in the digital age as it unfolds in both Europe and the United States
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