Work by app: algorithmic management and working conditions of Uber drivers in Brazil
<p class="first" id="d225726e82">Aiming to contribute to the understanding of how the relationship between autonomy and control is materialised in ‘work by app’, this article draws on the results of research conducted in the city of São Paulo, Brazil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/workorgalaboglob.14.1.0101 |
| Summary: | <p class="first" id="d225726e82">Aiming to contribute to the understanding of how the relationship between autonomy
and control is materialised in ‘work by app’, this article draws on the results of
research conducted in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, with Uber drivers, The research
aimed to analyse the management practices in ‘app’ work. Because this survey was conducted
in the global South, we also present some considerations about the Brazilian working-class
conformation and the conditions under which work by app is being performed in Brazil.
We argue that the algorithmic management made possible by adopting apps across labour
processes is consolidating a new form of management, organisation and control of labour
power, increasing workers' actual subsumption to capital and radicalising forms of
work exploitation and domination.
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| ISSN: | 1745-641X 1745-6428 |