Algorithmic management and app‐work in the gig economy: A research agenda for employment relations and HRM

• Published in: Human resource management journal Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 114 - 132
• Main Authors: Duggan, James, Sherman, Ultan, Carbery, Ronan, McDonnell, Anthony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2020
• Subjects: algorithmic management; app‐work; Classification; Employment; employment relations; Gig economy; HRM; Human resource management; Independent contractors; Labor relations; Performance management; precarious employment

Current understanding of what constitutes work in the growing gig economy is heavily conflated, ranging from conceptualisations of independent contracting to other forms of contingent labour. This article calls for a move away from problematic aggregations by proposing a classification of gig work i...