Social Sciences · Sociology and Political Science
A qualitative study of official documents from seven international and Turkish platforms found that ratings, scores, rankings and incentives form connected systems for managing workers. These systems are linked to visibility, access to jobs, rewards, income opportunities and the risk of losing access to platform work.
A study of migrant services in an eastern German city during the arrival of Ukrainian migrants identifies five underlying logics of humanitarian aid provision. The researchers argue that these services can turn support systems into forms of governance tied to labor extraction and the accumulation of capital.
A study of 35 people in a Chinese online work community finds that workplace cyberslacking is morally contested. Some forms are seen as taking time from an employer, while others are understood as short-term efforts to recover energy and preserve personal control over time.
