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- Title
Visible hands: How gig companies shape workers' exposure to market risk.
- Authors
Maffie, Michael David
- Abstract
How do gig platforms prevent workers from defecting to a competitor? Drawing on 40 original interviews and survey data from 210 ride‐hail drivers, the author finds that platform companies calibrate workers' exposure to market risk using gamified reward systems. These rewards protect compliant workers from changes in market conditions, raising the costs of accepting work from a competitor. Yet those who do not comply are "pushed" to the periphery, increasing their market risk. This article illustrates how platform companies can use their "visible hands" to harness and control market forces, shaping worker behavior within and across platforms.
- Subjects
RISK exposure; REWARD (Psychology); GIG economy; LABOR
- Publication
Industrial Relations, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
0019-8676
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/irel.12337