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- Geissinger, Andrea, 1987-, et al.
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The sharing economy and the transformation of work : evidence from Foodora
- 2022
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In: Personnel review. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0048-3486 .- 1758-6933. ; 51:2, s. 584-602
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose: This article explores the various stakeholders' perceptions of the ways digital work is organised within the sharing economy and the social implications of the transformation of work.Design/methodology/approach: Applying social media analytics (SMA) concerning the sharing economy platform Foodora, a total of 3,251 user-generated content was collected and organised throughout the social media landscape in Sweden over 12 months, and 18 stakeholder groups were identified, discussing digital work within seven thematic categories.Findings: The results show that the stakeholder groups in the Swedish context primarily expressed negative views of Foodora's way of organising digital work. The social media posts outlined the distributive and procedural justice related to the working conditions, boycott and protests and critical incidents, as well as the collective bargaining of Foodora.Originality/value: By utilising a novel SMA method, this study contributes to the extant literature on the sharing economy by providing a systematic assessment concerning the impact of the sharing economy platform on the transformation of work and the associated social consequences.
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- Nykvist, Rasmus, et al.
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“Own it” or “share it” : Transformations of regulatory and community norms in the Swedish housing market
- 2022
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In: Technological Change and Industrial Transformation. - London : Routledge. - 9780429423550 - 9781138390027
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this chapter, we analyse the historical role of community norms and sharing ideas in the Swedish housing market as part of industrial transformation processes. We compare the emergence of a new organizational form, the housing cooperative, from the 1930s and onwards with the rise of the contemporary digital platform-based sharing economy. In the past, housing cooperatives were used to share the burden of risk between individual citizens, whereas contemporary sharing platforms allow for sharing the burden of ownership in cities with soaring housing prices. We ask if and how the role of community norms and sharing practices have changed over the last century and who was involved in transforming the housing market. We draw on rich historical secondary sources on the development of housing cooperatives as part of the Swedish model as well as on contemporary debate about the impact of sharing economy actors, such as Airbnb, on the Swedish housing market. In drawing on a semantic analysis of official government investigations on the housing cooperatives, we show that community norms have played a vital part in the industrial transformation of the Swedish housing market, indicating that informal institutions endured while formal institutions have gone through major transformations.
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