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Conflict and Shifting Boundaries in the Gig Economy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

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Publication date: 30 March 2020

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(2020), "Index", Page-Tickell, R. and Yerby, E. (Ed.) Conflict and Shifting Boundaries in the Gig Economy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis (The Changing Context of Managing People), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 205-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-603-220201015

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INDEX

Academic enquiry
, 184

Addison Lee
, 23

Airbnb
, 149

Algorithmic measurement
, 198

Alphabet
, 12

Alternative discursive practices
, 176

Amazon MechanicalTurk
, 130

Antidiscrimination law
, 33

Artificial intelligence (AI)
, 191–192

Atypical workers
, 24

Austerity measures
, 47

Automation
, 191–193

Availability
, 153–154

Babylon Health
, 131

Beliefs
, 144

Blackhat SEO
, 198

Bounded rationality
, 145–147

Braun and Clarke approach
, 68

Bricolage approaches
, 11, 199

British employment law
, 25

Capitalism

cooperative
, 45–46

modern-day
, 45

neo-liberal
, 45–46

rules-based
, 49

shifting boundaries of
, 53–56

Career management (see also Discourses shaping career management decisions)

feminist poststructuralist
, 169–171

in gig economy
, 163–166

intersectional analysis
, 169–170

Casual workers
, 24

Central Arbitration Committee (CAC)
, 35

Change-readiness
, 99

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
, 1, 6, 71, 77, 89, 100, 148, 184, 195

Closure theory
, 133–134

Coases’ theorem
, 54

Collective work
, 10, 189

Combat worker grievances
, 67

Common Law, Taylor Report and
, 38–41

Conflict(s)
, 1, 3–4, 198

conflict resolution, strategies for
, 198–199

conflicting human rights
, 121–122

in gig economy
, 91–94

of motives
, 49

Consumers
, 51, 149

Contract

of adhesion
, 54

of employment
, 23–25

of service
, 26–27

work in professional services
, 163

Contractual maze, way out of
, 34–37

Control
, 39, 154–155

Cooperative capitalism
, 45–46

Coordinated Market Economy
, 54

Corporate governance
, 55

Court of Appeal
, 27

Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEU)
, 29

Critical HRM (CHRM)
, 90

Decentralised peer-to-peer network
, 47

Decline
, 184–187

Deliveroo
, 6, 23

Dependent contractors
, 10

Digital colonisation
, 80–81

Digital platforms
, 46, 129–130, 147

digital platform-based businesses
, 45

economy
, 45–46

Digitalisation
, 5–6, 191–193

Dis-evolution of strategic HRM (see also Human resource management (HRM))

gig economy and interorganisational competition for giggers
, 98–99

inclusive and exclusive talent
, 94–95

strategic workforce planning
, 95–97

talent management, new boundaries and conflict in gig economy
, 91–94

talent management within higher education
, 99–101

Discourses shaping career management decisions (see also Career management)
, 170–171

stepping in
, 173–174

stepping off
, 171–172

stepping on
, 174–175

Doctor on Demand
, 131

Driver Memorandum
, 36

Dynamic structural model
, 57, 107, 187

collective work
, 189

of gig economy
, 7–11

place
, 190

reward
, 188–189

tenure
, 190–191

trust
, 188

voice and identity
, 200

eBay
, 150

Economic theoretical foundations of gig economy
, 45

Electronic cottage
, 166

Employability
, 168

Employee in gig economy
, 23–26

from mutual obligations to sham contracts
, 26–32

from personal service to Pimlico
, 32–34

Taylor Report and Common Law
, 38–41

way out of contractual maze
, 34–37

Employers and Workmen Act (1875)
, 34

Employment Act (1996)
, 39

Employment Appeals Tribunal
, 33, 36–38

Employment law
, 107

Employment Rights Act (1996)
, 24–25, 29, 33, 36, 38, 109–117, 122

Employment Tribunal
, 28–29

‘Employment–type’ relationship
, 73

Engagement with gig workers
, 89

Engaging
, 75–77

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act (2013)
, 110, 112

Equality Act (2010)
, 26, 34

Equity
, 75

Etsy
, 150

EU Whistleblowing Directive
, 108

European Convention on Human Rights (1950)
, 35, 39

Evolutionary approaches, theoretical basis of
, 142–145

Evolutionary mismatch
, 142–155

Evolutionary psychology
, 141–143, 145–147

limitations
, 155

Evolutionary spandrel
, 144–145

Evolutionary theory
, 142

Evolutionary timescales
, 143

Exclusionary closure
, 133, 135

Exclusive talent management
, 94–95

Fairness

for giggers
, 74–75

and justice
, 75

Feminist/feminism
, 200

lens on gendered, precarious and ‘privileged’ gig work
, 166–168

poststructuralism
, 162

poststructuralist to career management experiences
, 169–171

research and writing
, 166

Fordist wage
, 56

Foucauldian knowledge-power complex
, 135

Francis Report
, 188

Frayed careers
, 162

role in gig economy
, 168–169

Freedom of contract model
, 38

Freelancing
, 163

French trade unions
, 78

Gender in gig economy
, 163–166

Geographical variation
, 76

Germanic/Austrian structure of capitalism
, 55

Gig economy
, 1–4, 38, 45–46, 48, 64, 70, 129–130, 147–155, 162–163

definition
, 4–7

dynamic structural model of
, 7–11

economic theoretical underpinning of
, 51–53

for giggers
, 98–99

in healthcare
, 130–131, 133–136

in HRM
, 92

interdisciplinary research on
, 199–200

macro-analysis of
, 12

in medical profession
, 131–132

meso-analysis of
, 12–13

micro-analysis of
, 13–16

relational analysis
, 12

scope
, 50–51

surplus value analysis in
, 56–59

talent management, new boundaries and conflict in
, 91–94

Gig organisations
, 192

Giggers
, 8–10, 16, 94–101, 141, 190, 197–198

access to
, 78–80

fairness for
, 74–75

gig economy and interorganisational competition for
, 98–99

as whistleblowers
, 201

Gigging
, 68, 184, 191

Gigs
, 69, 131, 185, 189

Global and economic development potential
, 5

Global labour markets
, 168

Global recession
, 47

Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices (2017)
, 2, 183, 190

Google-bombing
, 68, 198

Granularity
, 162

Greenwich Council
, 28

Healthcare

gig economy in
, 130–131, 133–136

inter-professional boundaries in
, 133–136

Heuristics
, 13, 16, 143, 145–147

High-profile disputes
, 23

Higher education, talent management within
, 99–101

Holistic people management
, 195

Human behaviour
, 146–147

Human capital
, 58, 173

cumulation
, 168

Human resource management (HRM)
, 4, 11, 13, 89, 96–97, 194–196, 201

Human resources (HR)
, 89, 141

discourses shaping career management decisions
, 171

HR profession
, 169–171

independent contractor
, 174

manager role
, 163

Human rights, conflicting
, 121–122

Human Rights Act (1988)
, 39, 121–122

Hyperindividualism
, 94–95, 185

Inclusion/exclusion criteria
, 149–151

Inclusive talent management
, 94–95

Independent contractor
, 25

Independent Review of Employment Practices in Modern Economy (2016)
, 38

Independent workers of Great Britain (IWGB)
, 183, 191

Industrial Relations Act (1971)
, 34

Insidious closure
, 135

Inter-professional boundaries in healthcare
, 133–136

Inter-professional conflict
, 135–136

Interdisciplinary research
, 11

reflections on conducting
, 198–199

Interdisciplinary theoretical lens
, 64–66

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
, 66

Interorganisational competition for giggers
, 98–99

Intersectional analysis to career management experiences
, 169–170

Intersectional lens
, 170–171, 173–174

Intersectionality
, 162

in gig economy
, 163–166

Intra-organisational definitions of talent
, 91

Judicial inconsistency
, 116

Kaleidoscope model
, 167

Key stakeholders, implications for
, 194

giggers
, 197–198

HRM
, 194–196

trade unions
, 196–197

Labour–cost (wage)
, 57

Labour–power
, 56

Liaising
, 75–77

Limb (b) worker
, 29

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
, 115

Living wage
, 47

Lyft
, 49, 77

Macro-analysis of gig economy
, 12

Macro-level analysis
, 14

MANGOPAY (online payment technology firm)
, 51

Manufacturing and Commerce
, 51

Market structure
, 47, 54–55

McKenna’s approach
, 27, 32

McKinsey Report
, 3, 50–51

Meso-analysis of gig economy
, 12–13

Meso-level analysis
, 15

Micro-analysis of gig economy
, 13–16

Micro-level analysis
, 16

Misbelief
, 13, 16, 145–155

Misclassification
, 72–74

Mismatches
, 143–144

Modern employment practices
, 2

Modern-day gig economy
, 52

Mulinational enterprises (MNEs)
, 95

Mutual obligations to sham contracts
, 26–32

Mutuality
, 79, 185, 188, 195

National minimum wage (NMW)
, 185

National Security Agency
, 109

Naturalistic fallacy
, 142

Neo-corporatism
, 53

Neo-liberal capitalism
, 45–46

Neoliberalism
, 92, 184

Nomadhealth.com
, 131

Non-standard employment forms
, 193

Ola
, 183–184

‘On-demand’ economy
, 4

Open Airplane
, 149

Opt-out revolution
, 167

Organisation of collective action highlight
, 67

Para-professionals
, 194

Pay
, 10

Peak precarity
, 9

Permanence
, 69–72

Personal service to Pimlico
, 32–34

Pimlico Plumbers
, 33–35

Place
, 10–11, 190

Platform owners
, 58

Platform-based technology use
, 2

Policy debates
, 184

Policy makers
, 55

Portfolio agility
, 99

Post-structuralism
, 200

Poststructuralist lens
, 170–171

Power
, 201

Power in medical profession
, 131–132

Precarity
, 5, 167

Profit upon alienation
, 59

Proto-Industrialisation
, 47

Public Interest Disclosure Act (1998)
, 107–112

Purposive approach
, 30, 32

Quality of work
, 74

Real time
, 154

Regular casuals
, 27

Relational analysis
, 12

Relevance
, 69–72

Renewal
, 184–187

Research
, 201

Reward
, 188–189

Robotics
, 191

Royal Society for encouragement of Arts (RSA)
, 51

Rules-based capitalism
, 49

Rules-based systems
, 46

Self-identity formation
, 66–68

Self-enterprising behaviours
, 168

Self-feeding
, 192

Semi-structured interviews
, 170

Service
, 152

Sham contracts, from mutual obligations to
, 26–32

Sharing economy
, 6–7

Sharing Economy UK (SEUK)
, 196

Sharp demarcation
, 195

Shifting boundaries in gig economy

dynamic structural model
, 187–191

future of work debates
, 191–194

implications for key stakeholders
, 194–198

reflections on conducting interdisciplinary research
, 199–200

status quo, renewal and decline
, 184–187

strategies for conflict resolution
, 198–199

Shifting boundaries of capitalism
, 45, 53–56

Social

democratic trade unions
, 73–74

identity theory
, 65–66, 81

movement theory analysis
, 73

network
, 77

network theory
, 79

systems of production
, 53

Socially necessary labour
, 56

Spandrel
, 144

Standard bearers of justice
, 74–75

Standard employment relationship
, 197

Status quo
, 184–187

Statutory employment rights
, 24–25, 37–38

Statutory protection
, 34, 41

Stopping mechanism
, 146

Strategic interactions
, 53–54

Strategic workforce planning
, 95–97

Struggle and battle
, 75

Supply chain manager, talent management as
, 95–97

Surplus value analysis in gig economy
, 56–59

Talent
, 154

intra-organisational definitions
, 91

Talent Cloud and Analytics
, 98

Talent management
, 190, 195

in gig economy
, 91–94

within higher education
, 99–101

as supply chain manager
, 95–97

Taylor Report and Common Law
, 38–41

Taylor Review
, 38–40, 193

of Modern Working practices
, 193

Tenure
, 11, 190–191

Time
, 153

Time–space distanciation
, 190

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act (1992)
, 34

Trade Union Confederation (TUC)
, 41, 184

position
, 193

proposal
, 41

Trade unions
, 63–64, 196–197

access to giggers
, 78–80

digital colonisation
, 80–81

discussion
, 81–82

emergence
, 66–68

findings
, 68

interdisciplinary theoretical lens
, 64–66

liaising and engaging
, 75–77

methodology
, 68

misclassification
, 72–74

relevance and permanence
, 69–72

standard bearers of justice and fairness for giggers
, 74–75

Traditional working day
, 57–58

Transfer of value
, 58–59

Transitivity
, 76

Transport for London (TfL)
, 183

Trust
, 9, 188

in medical profession
, 131–132

Uber
, 6, 10, 23, 35–37, 46, 49, 77, 80, 183

Uber Ratings
, 48

UK National Health Service (NHS)
, 109, 130–131

NHS Trust
, 117

‘Umbrella’ contract
, 36

Unspeakability of inequality
, 167

Uprising
, 78

Usurpationary closure
, 133–135

Whistleblowers
, 108

giggers as
, 201

Whistleblowing
, 107

Whistleblowing Commission
, 115

Whistleblowing Directive
, 119–121

Work
, 152

future of work debates
, 191–194

work-related context
, 120

Worker
, 29–30, 33–34, 108, 111–113

case law
, 113–119

Working Time Regulations (1998)
, 33, 36–37

Zero-hour contracts
, 24