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ext-f707349d187c0260e96d973ce9446cd7 |
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2019-09-27 |
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abstract |
This chapter explores the use of ethnographic methods in work contexts with access
challenges. It is clear that many workplaces (broadly defined) have pressing concerns
over quality of work, but many of these can be difficult to explore in empirical research.
This chapter will focus particularly on examples in the gig economy, discussing a
gig work platform and its growing presence in the UK. Beyond the glossy customer app
and worker recruitment, the issues with quality of work have become obscured. The
requirement to navigate and traverse the city, in collaboration with algorithmic management
structures, makes this particularly suitable for experimental ethnographic methods.
This chapter critically explores the authors’ own ethnographic research into the quality
of working for a platform, in particular looking at questions of sustained access
and the robustness of data collection methods. The aim is to further open the discourse
on researching the “gig-economy”. |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1045427 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1045428 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1057358 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1057359 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1057360 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1057361 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1057362 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1057363 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1057728 |
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Article |
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Badger, Adam and Woodcock, Jamie (2019). Ethnographic Methods with Limited Access:
Assessing Quality of Work in Hard to Reach Jobs. In: Wheatley, Daniel ed. Handbook
of research methods on the quality of working lives. Handbooks of Research Methods
in Management. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 135–146. |
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ext-9668aedb844edcfe60af81120319f625 |
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Title |
Ethnographic Methods with Limited Access: Assessing Quality of Work in Hard to Reach
Jobs |
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oro |