Labor control and task autonomy under the sharing economy: a mixed-method study of drivers’ work

Abstract This mixed-method study analyzes the labor process and labor supply of drivers on a Chinese mobile-travel platform. Different from the control of the traditional labor process, such platforms have a more-fragmented control of labor, which coexists with workers’ task autonomy. Based on this...

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Main Authors: Qingjun Wu, Zhen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-019-0098-9