Different directions or the same route? The varied identities of ride-share drivers

Josserand, E; Kaine, S

Different directions or the same route? The varied identities of ride-share drivers

Josserand, E

Kaine, S

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 61 (4), pp. 549 - 573
Issue Date:: 2019-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Josserand, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-2405	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kaine, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-7156	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 61 (4), pp. 549 - 573	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-1856	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/138799
dc.description.abstract	© 2019, Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA), SAGE Publications Ltd, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC. In this article we draw on personal narratives to study the identity work conducted by ride-share drivers to make sense of their occupational identity that is made problematic by the ambiguity of their legal classification and the precarious nature of their material conditions. Our contribution is twofold. First, we reveal the specificity of the identity work conducted by gig workers in comparison to other groups of workers such as employees and independent workers. We uncover the narratives that gig workers use to construct a coherent discourse that accommodates the trade-offs that their occupation involves. Second, we provide an understanding of the experience of gig workers. We adopt the term ‘sub-entrepreneur’ to refer to a type of independent contractor who experiences less freedom than those with true entrepreneurial scope and autonomy in their work. This definition assists in our reflection on our findings in relation to the future of gig workers, gig work and gig platforms.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0022185619848461	en_US
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dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.title	Different directions or the same route? The varied identities of ride-share drivers	en_US
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Abstract:

© 2019, Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA), SAGE Publications Ltd, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC. In this article we draw on personal narratives to study the identity work conducted by ride-share drivers to make sense of their occupational identity that is made problematic by the ambiguity of their legal classification and the precarious nature of their material conditions. Our contribution is twofold. First, we reveal the specificity of the identity work conducted by gig workers in comparison to other groups of workers such as employees and independent workers. We uncover the narratives that gig workers use to construct a coherent discourse that accommodates the trade-offs that their occupation involves. Second, we provide an understanding of the experience of gig workers. We adopt the term ‘sub-entrepreneur’ to refer to a type of independent contractor who experiences less freedom than those with true entrepreneurial scope and autonomy in their work. This definition assists in our reflection on our findings in relation to the future of gig workers, gig work and gig platforms.

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