Reshaping the Future: Phenomenon of Gig Workers and Knowledge-Economy

by Sedigheh Moghavvemi, Lee Su Teng, Huda Mahmoud

Overview

The labour economy is being transformed by new technology, as employers embrace new practices that utilise flexible work contracts and a whole new generation of tech-savvy employees. Leaders and decision-makers, managers and aspiring professionals, and a whole generation of students soon to join the workforce, will find Reshaping the Future: Phenomenon of Gig Workers and Knowledge-Economy invaluable. Unique insight is given into the changing business environment and the laws that are being created to regulate it. Those that adopt successful strategies, as set out by Moghavvemi, Teng, and Mahmoud will have the competitive edge needed to survive these changes, and thrive, well into the mid-twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781837533510
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	05/25/2023
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Sedigheh Moghavvemi is an Associate Professor of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Business & Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Lee Su Teng has both academic and industrial experience. She currently teaches human resources with the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Huda Mahmoud is a researcher with a Master's in Public Policy and Management (MPP). She has edited several publications and is currently active in maritime research.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. The Gig Economy Ecosystem
Chapter 2. Gig Workers vs Knowledge Workers
Chapter 3. Gig Workers and the Knowledge Economy
Chapter 4. The Future of Work, a Knowledge-Based Gig Economy
Chapter 5. Managing Gig Workers in the Gig Global Ecosystem