iWork: Investigating the Future of Work and Organizing in the Digital Platform Economy 2 Casual Research Assistants needed for qualitative data analysis Dr. Greetje (Gretta) Corporaal, Research Fellow and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Saïd Business School (formerly at OII), is looking for 2 short-term casual postgraduate Research Assistants (12 weeks; grade 6) to … Continue reading I’m looking for 2 part-time research assistants to join my team this summer
Part-time RA position available
iWork: Investigating the Future of Work and Organizing in the Digital Platform Economy Casual Research Assistant needed for desktop research and literature review Application deadline: June 15th, 2020 | advert: 20200514_Corporaal_casual RA position_final Dr. Greetje (Gretta) Corporaal, Research Fellow and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Saïd Business School (formerly at OII), is looking for a … Continue reading Part-time RA position available
New research project iWork: investigating the Future of Work and Organizing in the Digital Platform Economy
This post was originally published on the ilabour website. How digital technologies are implicated in profound changes in the nature of work has been a topic of much interest in the past years. One realm of high-skilled ‘knowledge work’, historically conducted by full-time professionals in the office, is increasingly technology-mediated and executed by remote independent … Continue reading New research project iWork: investigating the Future of Work and Organizing in the Digital Platform Economy
Intermediaries should be worried about the platform economy
This interview by Claartje Vogel was originally published in Dutch on zipconomy.nl. Online labor markets for professional knowledge work is growing 30% a year. Established intermediaries, brokers and staffing agencies should be concerned about this, according to Dr. Gretta Corporaal (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford). “When the media reports about the gig economy of platform … Continue reading Intermediaries should be worried about the platform economy
2018 Reshaping Work Conference
October 25-26, I attended the Reshaping Work Conference - A true and exemplary multi-stakeholder conference to discuss developments - and research insights - around Work in the Platform Economy. In the first research insights session on knowledge and skills in platform work, I presented a paper that I wrote together with my colleague Vili … Continue reading 2018 Reshaping Work Conference
OII faculty to join World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Councils
This post was originally published on the Oxford Internet Institute website. Two OII faculty members, Dr Sandra Wachter and Dr Greetje Corporaal, have been invited to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Councils, established to provide thought leadership on key global challenges and the impact and governance of emerging technologies. Dr Wachter has been … Continue reading OII faculty to join World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Councils
Platform sourcing: How the Fortune 500 are adopting online freelancing platforms.
Together with my colleague Vili Lehdonvirta, I recently published a report on enterprise adoption of online freelancing platforms. Based upon a study of 7 Fortune 500 firms and 2 MNCs, we report findings on the motivations of these companies to adopt platforms, how they adopt them as part of their business models, the practices they … Continue reading Platform sourcing: How the Fortune 500 are adopting online freelancing platforms.
Organizing for successful platform adoption: Part One
Here's my latest post published on the OII's iLabour project blog. What does innovation literature predict about the organizational challenges of adopting online freelancing platforms? TeroVesalainen/pixabai. (CCO) Digital technologies have fueled a new wave of outsourcing opportunities where firms leverage online labour platforms to access freelancers on and on-demand basis. These developments inform estimations that in … Continue reading Organizing for successful platform adoption: Part One
Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part Two
I wrote this posting for a joint series on labour and work in the modern economy by openDemocracy and SPERI What challenges do organizations face when adopting online freelancing platforms as part of their business models? annawaldl/pixabay. (CCO) Digital technologies have enabled the rise of online labour platforms that transform contemporary organizations and the way work gets done. In Part One … Continue reading Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part Two
Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part One
I wrote this blog for a joint series on labour and work in the modern economy by openDemocracy and SPERI. To understand the future of work we need to explore the diversity of platforms and how they are used in the modern economy. Widjaya Ivan/Flickr. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) In the platform economy, digital technologies enable a wide range … Continue reading Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part One
Greetje "Gretta" Corporaal 