Lina Stepick
Biographic Data
| ID | 245025 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lina Stepick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lina |
| FAMILY NAME | Stepick |
| SIGNATURE | STEPICK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Time Theft in the Los Angeles Retail Sector
We argue that employers subject workers to time theft by controlling workers’ time—both on and off the clock. Time theft considers employer control of workers’ time without the promise of pay through unstable scheduling practices as well as beyond their scheduled work hours. We develop a typology of time theft through a discussion of survey and workshop data with retail workers in Los Angeles. We underscore how federal labor law is inadequate to …
Persistent Unpredictability
Based on 98 in-depth interviews with workers and managers, the authors analyze the effectiveness of Oregon's Fair Workweek Act, the first statewide scheduling legislation. Overall, findings show limited evidence of the law's efficacy to improve workers' schedules. The authors discuss three factors that are likely to explain this shortcoming: lack of adequate funding for education about the law and for enforcement, the inclusion of provisions that…
No Choice but to Be Essential
Under COVID-19, low-wage service sector workers found themselves as essential workers vulnerable to intensified precarity. Based on in-depth interviews with a sample of 52 low-wage service workers interviewed first in Summer 2019 and then in the last two weeks of April 2020, we argue that COVID-19 has created new and heightened dimensions of precarity for low-wage workers. They experience (1) moments of what we call precarious stability, in which…
Valuing the Cause
Scholars of contentious politics expect that social movement organizations (SMOs) are valued according to their ability to craft resonant frames or to enact displays of worthiness. We offer an alternative, relational perspective highlighting the critical role of authenticity in shaping an SMO's perceived value. Unlike frames and intentional displays, calculated efforts to proclaim authenticity often backfire. We distill two orthogonal types: gras…
Valuing the Cause
Scholars of contentious politics expect that social movement organizations (SMOs) are valued according to their ability to craft resonant frames or to enact displays of worthiness. We offer an alternative, relational perspective highlighting the critical role of authenticity in shaping an SMO's perceived value. Unlike frames and intentional displays, calculated efforts to proclaim authenticity often backfire. We distill two orthogonal types: gras…
No Choice but to Be Essential
Under COVID-19, low-wage service sector workers found themselves as essential workers vulnerable to intensified precarity. Based on in-depth interviews with a sample of 52 low-wage service workers interviewed first in Summer 2019 and then in the last two weeks of April 2020, we argue that COVID-19 has created new and heightened dimensions of precarity for low-wage workers. They experience (1) moments of what we call precarious stability, in which…
Time Theft in the Los Angeles Retail Sector
We argue that employers subject workers to time theft by controlling workers’ time—both on and off the clock. Time theft considers employer control of workers’ time without the promise of pay through unstable scheduling practices as well as beyond their scheduled work hours. We develop a typology of time theft through a discussion of survey and workshop data with retail workers in Los Angeles. We underscore how federal labor law is inadequate to …
Persistent Unpredictability
Based on 98 in-depth interviews with workers and managers, the authors analyze the effectiveness of Oregon's Fair Workweek Act, the first statewide scheduling legislation. Overall, findings show limited evidence of the law's efficacy to improve workers' schedules. The authors discuss three factors that are likely to explain this shortcoming: lack of adequate funding for education about the law and for enforcement, the inclusion of provisions that…
Valuing the Cause
Scholars of contentious politics expect that social movement organizations (SMOs) are valued according to their ability to craft resonant frames or to enact displays of worthiness. We offer an alternative, relational perspective highlighting the critical role of authenticity in shaping an SMO's perceived value. Unlike frames and intentional displays, calculated efforts to proclaim authenticity often backfire. We distill two orthogonal types: gras…
No Choice but to Be Essential
Under COVID-19, low-wage service sector workers found themselves as essential workers vulnerable to intensified precarity. Based on in-depth interviews with a sample of 52 low-wage service workers interviewed first in Summer 2019 and then in the last two weeks of April 2020, we argue that COVID-19 has created new and heightened dimensions of precarity for low-wage workers. They experience (1) moments of what we call precarious stability, in which…
Time Theft in the Los Angeles Retail Sector
We argue that employers subject workers to time theft by controlling workers’ time—both on and off the clock. Time theft considers employer control of workers’ time without the promise of pay through unstable scheduling practices as well as beyond their scheduled work hours. We develop a typology of time theft through a discussion of survey and workshop data with retail workers in Los Angeles. We underscore how federal labor law is inadequate to …
Persistent Unpredictability
Based on 98 in-depth interviews with workers and managers, the authors analyze the effectiveness of Oregon's Fair Workweek Act, the first statewide scheduling legislation. Overall, findings show limited evidence of the law's efficacy to improve workers' schedules. The authors discuss three factors that are likely to explain this shortcoming: lack of adequate funding for education about the law and for enforcement, the inclusion of provisions that…
Economics (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)