How work gets done has changed fundamentally in recent decades, with a growing number
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Building on an inductive, qualitative study of independent workers—people not affiliated with
an organization or established profession—this paper develops a theory about the�…

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emerging psychological contract between gig workers and employing organizations as a�…

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managers, or even coworkers. Without traditional organizational scaffolds, how do�…

The term “gig economy” was coined during the height of the great recession as a way to
describe the increasing numbers of people, including the well-educated, who held multiple�…

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behind. The present chapter applies organizational theory and research to compose a�…

Critical and accessible, the new edition of this bestselling textbook offers valuable insight
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Drawing on more than a decade of inter-disciplinary research, this book provides a
comprehensive overview of the available theories, concepts, data and research on new�…

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