Eliscia Kinder

Gig Platforms, Tensions, Alliances and Ecosystems: An Actor-Network Perspective

The algorithm-based management exercised by digital gig platforms contributes to information and power asymmetries that are pervasive in the gig economy. Although the design of these platforms may foster unbalanced relationships, in this paper, we outline how freelancers and clients on the gig platform Upwork can leve…