The recent rise of gig platforms brings together longer trends of work flexibilisation, digital
technology and changing consumer preferences to act as intermediaries between local on …

Job burnout is a perennial issue for workers, but the most popular way to measure it has
become widely critiqued. We utilise the newest burnout construct-the Burnout Assessment …

Platform-based work and corresponding business models are redefining the work
landscape. The rapid growth in digital platforms has prospered since the start of the …

While there are qualitative discussions of the history of worker co-operatives in Australia,
there have been no substantial quantitative long-term studies of their development. The …

The capacity of digital platforms to mobilize labour from dispersed locations (in some cases
anywhere in the world), and assign tasks performed for disparate (and sometimes equally …

The definition and essence of a trade union is to provide a voice for the worker, enabling a
balancing of the power gap between employer and employee. How does that shift in the gig …

This study explores implicit expectations held by parties to the casual employment contract
in a New Zealand context. Casual work arrangements have been on the rise in New …

Gig work has emerged as a significant component of the modern labour market, with an
increasing number of individuals participating in the gig economy. This thesis delves into the …

In this thesis, I study an increasingly-common feature of modern labor markets: the
decentralization of workers away from firms and towards independent labor provision. I …

Industrial Revolution 4.0 has introduced highly useful technologies, which are yet to find
their full-fledged utilization. One such technology is Blockchain, which is widely used in …