How do workers gain voice on digital work platforms? Hotspots and blind spots in research on platform worker voice
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How do workers gain voice on digital work platforms? Hotspots and blind spots in research on platform worker voice. / Thäter, Laura; Gegenhuber, Thomas; Schüßler, Elke et al.
Missing Voice?: Worker Voice and Social Dialogue in the Platform Economy. ed. / Adrian Wilkinson; Tony Dundon; Paula K Mowbray; Sarah Brooks. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. p. 71-107 (The Future of Work and Employment series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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T1 - How do workers gain voice on digital work platforms? Hotspots and blind spots in research on platform worker voice
AU - Thäter, Laura
AU - Gegenhuber, Thomas
AU - Schüßler, Elke
AU - Ellmer, Markus
PY - 2022/10/11
Y1 - 2022/10/11
N2 - This chapter provides an overview of the literature on the voice opportunities for digital platform workers. Worker voice - how workers can have a say in organizational affairs - tends to be limited in the platform context because gig- or crowdworkers typically lack employment status. Yet, the literature points to several avenues for increasing platform worker voice, ranging from initiatives driven by workers directly, to unions, regulators, and, sometimes even platforms themselves. Distinguishing voice on the formal-informal, individual-collective continuums when sorting the literature, we identify various hot spots and blind spots in extant research and derive four policy implications. First, workers need to be able to network and organize. Second, unions need to be able to access platform workers directly. Third, unions must develop sustainable digital unionizing strategies. Fourth, policymakers need to consider voice when designing platform regulations. Our chapter contributes to a better understanding of the relevance of voice in digital work contexts and debates about labor conditions in the platform economy and the societal impact of platforms more broadly.
AB - This chapter provides an overview of the literature on the voice opportunities for digital platform workers. Worker voice - how workers can have a say in organizational affairs - tends to be limited in the platform context because gig- or crowdworkers typically lack employment status. Yet, the literature points to several avenues for increasing platform worker voice, ranging from initiatives driven by workers directly, to unions, regulators, and, sometimes even platforms themselves. Distinguishing voice on the formal-informal, individual-collective continuums when sorting the literature, we identify various hot spots and blind spots in extant research and derive four policy implications. First, workers need to be able to network and organize. Second, unions need to be able to access platform workers directly. Third, unions must develop sustainable digital unionizing strategies. Fourth, policymakers need to consider voice when designing platform regulations. Our chapter contributes to a better understanding of the relevance of voice in digital work contexts and debates about labor conditions in the platform economy and the societal impact of platforms more broadly.
KW - Management studies
KW - crowdwork
KW - worker's voice
KW - Platform works
KW - gig works
KW - unions
KW - unionization
KW - platform
KW - regulation
UR - https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/missing-voice-9781839105531.html
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/cdf6fda9-574f-3219-a76c-1edf61638018/
U2 - 10.4337/9781839105548.00012
DO - 10.4337/9781839105548.00012
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85161051444
SN - 978-1-83910-553-1
T3 - The Future of Work and Employment series
SP - 71
EP - 107
BT - Missing Voice?
A2 - Wilkinson, Adrian
A2 - Dundon, Tony
A2 - Mowbray, Paula K
A2 - Brooks, Sarah
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing
CY - Cheltenham
ER -