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Domestic Cleaners in the Informal Labour Market: New Working Realities Shaped by the Gig Economy?
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Abstract Previous studies show that gig economy‐based work opens up new ways in which inequalities are (re)produced. In this context, it is particularly important to look at female cleaners in private households, where gender inequalities intersect with other axes of disadvantage such as class, migratory exp... mehr
Previous studies show that gig economy‐based work opens up new ways in which inequalities are (re)produced. In this context, it is particularly important to look at female cleaners in private households, where gender inequalities intersect with other axes of disadvantage such as class, migratory experience, or ascribed ethnicity. This spatially and linguistically fragmented group presents challenges for scientific research, which is reflected in insufficient data available to date. The aim of the project GigClean - from which research for this article is drawn - is to address this gap. The guiding research question is: How do domestic cleaners in the informal labour market experience working in the gig economy? The methodological design consists of 15 problem‐centred interviews with platform‐based cleaning labourers in private households in Vienna, who predominantly operate in the informal economy. Our results suggest that undeclared domestic work via online plat‐forms is associated with increased power gaps between workers and clients as well as changing working conditions to the detriment of cleaners. Specifically, three recurring themes could be identified: reserve army mechanisms; lookism, objectification, and sexual harassment; and information asymmetry and control.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Wien; Digitalisierung; Gender; Arbeitsmarkt; Reinigungsberuf; Hausangestellte; soziale Ungleichheit; informeller Sektor; Arbeitsbedingungen; berufstätige Frau; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren
Klassifikation
Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, industrielle Beziehungen
Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
domestic cleaning; gig economy; household labour; informal economy; platform work; social reproduction
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 262-273
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Inclusion, 11 (2023) 4
Heftthema
Digitalization of Working Worlds and Social Inclusion
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)