Digital platforms, platform economy, crowdsourcing, uberisation… what??!! As an occupational health researcher, I’ve long studied working conditions, positive attitudes and wellbeing in different, but more or less traditional, occupations such as teaching, dental care, the fire service and the judiciary, as well as in organisations such as schools, day-care centres, factories and even parishes. The … Continued
Working time is an important concept that functions as a measure of economic value both for employees and employers. The employee is paid for the work they do while the employer wishes to evaluate how much time was used to do the work, as that is tied to the resources they need. Working time is … Continued
As a part of my course into intrapreneurship and the entrepreneurial mindset I studied, together with my research colleague M.Sc. (edu) Hanna Laalo, how business students construct entrepreneurship. Our research paid particular attention to how students construct their self-image as entrepreneurs. During the course students participated in different entrepreneurial individual and group assignments as well … Continued
A digital platform can be defined to be akin to a virtual marketplace where actors, not directly dependent on the platform supplier, meet and engage with one another. The phenomenon is as old as organised interaction between people. What is new now, is the way in which digitalisation through ever-present networked devices has “turbocharged” the … Continued
A mother goes to a park for the day with her children. She can forget her bag and her wallet; she needs only her phone. The trip takes but moments on an Uber. As the children are playing, hunger strikes, and mom orders nutritious, organic, meals through the spoonrocket app. The food arrives almost instantly. … Continued
The Platform Economy and Changing Working Life How are changes in working life connected to the platform economy? More often than not, discussion on this topic is grounded in assertions rather than robust research. Digitalisation is rapidly transforming production and organisational reach in private companies and public services. The contents of work as well as … Continued