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The platform effect: How Amazon changed work in logistics in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom
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Abstract While the effects of the platform economy on work are mainly studied through the lens of gig or cloud workers, many more employees are likely to be affected in non-platform firms or sectors. We discuss the mechanisms of platform economy’s impact on the employment relationships and indirect effect on... mehr
While the effects of the platform economy on work are mainly studied through the lens of gig or cloud workers, many more employees are likely to be affected in non-platform firms or sectors. We discuss the mechanisms of platform economy’s impact on the employment relationships and indirect effect on employment trends. Platform firms enter the service economy with business models that put existing service providers under pressure and advance a platform model of employment relationship. However, their transformative force is limited by three factors: employment regulations, access to welfare provisions and the employment relations at legacy firms. We examine the case of Amazon logistics in the US, Germany and the UK and find that the employment contract, as a legal institution, prevents the dissemination of independent contracting as the preferred employment model. Moreover, the welfare state has a paradoxical effect on platform work: universal welfare and liberal employment law facilitate the rise of precarious work.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Mikrozensus; Logistik; Arbeitsverhältnis; prekäre Beschäftigung; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; USA; Großbritannien; Beschäftigungsbedingungen; Dienstleistungsarbeit
Klassifikation
Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, industrielle Beziehungen
Freie Schlagwörter
platform economy; Amazon; comparative employment relations; Mikrozensus 2010; Mikrozensus 2018
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 363-382
Zeitschriftentitel
European Journal of Industrial Relations, 28 (2022) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/09596801221082456
ISSN
1461-7129
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)