Economic Sociology

Hass, Jeffrey K.

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“…As Polanyi (1957) suggests, ‘the human economy is always and everywhere embedded in institutions, economic and non-economic’ (p. 250). Even neoliberalism is formally instituted by state policies and informally instituted by moral beliefs (Cahill, 2018; Hass, 2020). The labour market, therefore, embraces different patterns of competition and coordination, which are configured by the legal and policy framework of employment relations (Vogel, 2018).…”

Section: Towards a Dynamic Approach To The Embeddedness Of Gig Work A...mentioning

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“…The relational and contextual interpretation of embeddedness addresses the social basis of gig work and the platform-mediated labour market in terms of structural, cultural, institutional and political dimensions (Beckert, 2009; Krippner, 2001). Hass (2020) identifies the micro-level embeddedness of economy, for instance, social norms and trust, while the macro-level includes class relations, mode of ownership and control of production. Multi-dimensional embeddedness moves beyond the prevailing normative critique of ‘disembedded gig work’ and ‘decoupled’ commodification of labour (Chen et al, 2020; Urban, 2019; Wood et al, 2019b).…”

Section: Towards a Dynamic Approach To The Embeddedness Of Gig Work A...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Institutions, Occupations and Connectivity: The Embeddedness of Gig Work and Platform-Mediated Labour Market in Hong Kong

Au‐Yeung¹,

Qiu

2022

Critical Sociology

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Informed by the economic sociology of work, this qualitative study employs a dynamic and multi-dimensional notion of embeddedness to critique the social bases of gig work and the platform-mediated labour market, with a series of embedding, disembedding and re-embedding forces. Conducting in-depth interviews with 24 gig workers, the findings reveal how gig work is incorporated into Hong Kong’s labour market and the ways in which gig work is reshaping the power of workers via digital platforms. First, gig work is institutionally embedded in a policy framework centred on weak regulation and protection, resulting in platforms’ expandable and retractable control over labour. Second, gig work is embedded in occupational norms and professional practices, in which workers practise multi-platforming and marketplace resistance when defending their interests. Finally, the embedded connectivity of gig work boosts the scalability of labour market competition but engenders algorithmic opacity. The marketplace bargaining power of gig workers is twofold: workers’ dependence on platforms and their working status. Hence, the embeddedness of gig work and platforms is far from stable but involves new tensions that challenge the gigification and platformisation of work.

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Section: Towards a Dynamic Approach To The Embeddedness Of Gig Work A...mentioning

confidence: 99%