Humans as a service : the promise and perils of work in the gig economy / Jeremias Prassl.

By:

Prassl, Jeremias

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.Description: 199p. ; 24cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780198797012
019879701X

Other title:

Promise and perils of work in the gig economy

Subject(s): DDC classification:

331.25727 PRA 22

LOC classification:

HD5110 .P73 2018

Contents:

Work on demand -- Doublespeak -- Lost in the crowd -- The innovation paradox -- Disrupting the disruptors -- Levelling the playing field.

Summary: Is crowdsourcing the future of work? This book offers a lively and critical account of the gig economy: its promises and realities, what is at stake, and how we can ensure that customers, workers, platforms, and society at large benefit from this global and growing phenomenon.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Calcutta	331.25727 PRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMC-0147078

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-186) and index.

Work on demand -- Doublespeak -- Lost in the crowd -- The innovation paradox -- Disrupting the disruptors -- Levelling the playing field.

Is crowdsourcing the future of work? This book offers a lively and critical account of the gig economy: its promises and realities, what is at stake, and how we can ensure that customers, workers, platforms, and society at large benefit from this global and growing phenomenon.

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