 Plattformarbeit im Fokus. Ergebnisse einer explorativen Online-Umfrage zu plattformvermittelter KurierarbeitHeiner Heiland WSI-Mitteilungen, 2019, vol. 72, issue 4, 298-304 Abstract: For the first time, this article presents data on platform-based food courier work, which represents a new form of precarious and digital work. On the basis of an online survey, the social structure of workers and their working conditions are presented and set in relation to the DGB Index “Gute Arbeit”. The platforms exercise extensive control over the work process. As a result, couriers feel at the mercy of technology, report mediocre job satisfaction at best and very little identification with their work. But despite the high turnover of employees, which can also be considered as an individual exit strategy, there is a surprisingly high willingness to protest and strike among the “riders”. As it turns out, despite the individualised work, the workers are in constant communication with each other. Contrary to general and trade union assumptions, there is certainly an organising potential that, strategically speaking, can correct the asymmetry of power in platform work to the benefit of the employed. Date: 2019 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nms:wsimit:10.5771/0342-300x-2019-4-298 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2019-4-298 Access Statistics for this article More articles in WSI-Mitteilungen from Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG |
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