Alex J. Wood

ThinkersSociologist of work

Works

In Organizational Structures

Known for

Job quality in the gig economy

Ideas

Good gig, bad gig. With colleagues, Wood found that algorithmic control gives remote gig workers flexibility, autonomy, and task variety, but can also bring low pay, isolation, irregular hours, overwork, and exhaustion. Caveat: Two regions; cross-sectional.

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