Independent working and the gig economy

Mingming Cheng and Amy Wei Tian

Chapter 3 in Elgar Companion to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific, 2023, pp 63-76 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The gig economy has experienced rapid growth and gig work has become a thriving labor market segment. Particularly, Asia is becoming the hotspot for the gig economy with 84 percent of talent managers in the region employing gig workers, which is significantly higher than the world average of 65 percent. A growing body of research has focused on the new nature of work arrangements and its impact on the dynamics of the employment relationship, and experience of work in the gig economy. In this chapter, the goal is to provide a contextualized understanding of the relationships between independent working and the gig economy in the Asia-Pacific region. Towards this goal, the authors discuss various challenges and opportunities for gig workers, and provide a literature review that focuses on key methodological and conceptual concerns identified and highlight several promising future research directions regarding gig work and gig workers.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Business and Management; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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