The intersections of migration, app-based gig work, and career development: implications for career practice and research

Abkhezr, Peyman; McMahon, Mary

doi:10.1007/s10775-022-09556-w

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“…They are usually engaged in traditional work with the help of online platforms to match work items. Abkhezr and McMahon [ 11 ] thought the main reason for migrant workers to participate in the gig economy was that their career development was facing challenges after migration, and the gig economy provided them with opportunities to alleviate their economic problems quickly. However, migrant gig workers still face serious challenges.…”

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Measuring Well-Being of Migrant Gig Workers: Exampled as Hangzhou City in China

Chen

Song

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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The consistent innovations and applications of information technology drive the vigorous development of the gig economy, and generate gig workers such as food delivery workers and couriers, and make a great contribution to stabilizing employment and increasing income. Gig workers, mostly made up of migrants, and suffer from job and status difficulties. Research on the well-being of migrant gig workers can reveal the practical problems and provide suggestions for narrowing the wealth gap to promote social fairness and justice. Taking Hangzhou city in China as an example, this paper explores the well-being of food delivery workers, couriers, and online car-hailing drivers as representatives of migrant gig workers. Firstly, the relevant data are acquired through the questionnaire. Secondly, the characteristics of this group are analyzed through descriptive analysis, namely: most of them are migrant workers aged between 20 and 39with low occupation satisfaction due to insufficient social security coverage and limited well-being, despite relatively high income. Based on the analysis of differences in demographic variables and structural equation modeling, the factors affecting the well-being of migrant gig workers are studied, which mainly are occupation satisfaction, social interaction, and social security. The results show that occupation satisfaction is positively affected by family characteristics, social interaction, and social security. In addition, family characteristics and social security positively impact social interaction, but the former has no significant effect on well-being. Finally, this paper enriches the research on the well-being of specific migrant gig workers and gives policy suggestions for enhancing the well-being of migrant gig workers in Hangzhou city from the perspective of optimizing the mechanism, pilot construction, and platform provision.

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Section: Literature Review and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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Measuring Well-Being of Migrant Gig Workers: Exampled as Hangzhou City in China

Chen

Song

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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“…While it could be a pathway to self sufficiency and financial independence, it can also result in irregular salary, insecure work, a loss of skills and limited career development (Abkhezr and McMahon, 2022). It depicts money as important and strong enabler to encourage intention as gig workers.…”

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Driving Factors and Career Prospects of Food Delivery Gig Workers

Rahman¹,

Hamid²,

Patah³

et al. 2022

IJARBSS

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The gig economy has been growing from the global economic recession in early 2008 until 2011 and created new job opportunities for many parties. Food delivery gig workers are among the most important types of gig jobs, especially in urban areas. The objective of the study is to explore the driving factors and career prospects of food delivery gig workers and obtain a hindsight of gig workers especially food delivering services as this is the most blooming gig work. A qualitative study using a phenomenological approach was used to explore the experiences of the participants. Semi-structured interviews were used in this study. Participant were selected based on snowball sampling technique and a total of nine participants were obtained. Using Nvivo 12 software, a thematic analysis was used to analyse the transcription data. Based on the themes obtain, the attraction of gig work and individual personality is known to be the deciding factors for choosing to work as food delivery gig workers. The requirement for disclosure of gig career information that includes the knowledge of gig careers and other gig professions was the first theme that emerged for career prospect, followed by the second theme, "career development," which concerned with career growth and future planning. Gig work is still unstable in terms of job security and uncertain job prospects. Future study should be done in order to identify a better working system for gig workers with the involvement of vendors, online platforms and others. The government should also participate in policy that can help the gig workers especially in terms of employee protection.

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“…And the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 continues to restrict many agricultural and domestic workers, who are predominantly immigrants, from protections granted to other workers ( Siqueira et al, 2014 ). At the state level, California's Proposition 22 maintained gig workers as independent contractors, effectively denying labor protections to an unregulated workforce that is largely immigrant ( Abkherz & McMahon, 2022 ).…”

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The legacy of immigration policies and employment exclusion: Assessing the relationship between employment exclusions and immigrant health

Lee,

Nakphong,

Young

2024

SSM - Population Health

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The intersections of migration, app-based gig work, and career development: implications for career practice and research

Cited by 15 publications

References 60 publications

Measuring Well-Being of Migrant Gig Workers: Exampled as Hangzhou City in China

Measuring Well-Being of Migrant Gig Workers: Exampled as Hangzhou City in China

Driving Factors and Career Prospects of Food Delivery Gig Workers

The legacy of immigration policies and employment exclusion: Assessing the relationship between employment exclusions and immigrant health

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