Tony Royle
Biographic Data
| ID | 245585 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tony Royle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tony |
| FAMILY NAME | Royle |
| SIGNATURE | ROYLE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2209-4170 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Beating the App’ or Pyrrhic Victories? Gamification, Workaholism and FoMo in UK Food‐Delivery Platforms
This article examines the relationship between the gamification of platform food‐delivery work and workaholism. Drawing on a qualitative study, our findings suggest that while financial needs act as a ‘ push ’ factor, encouraging workers to enter off‐line platform work, gamification serves as a ‘ pull ’ factor ‐ driving an introjected motivation that draws couriers into the compulsive behaviours associated with workaholism. The more exposure that…
McStrike! Framing, (Political) Opportunity and the Development of a Collective Identity
This article examines the development of the UK 'Fast-Food Rights Campaign' and the formation of a collective identity amongst McDonald's UK workers. It illustrates how, despite an acquiescent and fragmented workforce, workers diagnostically frame (recognize, articulate and attribute) perceived injustices relating to their pay and working conditions. However, the main focus is on prognostic framing which brings people 'together' to find a 'consen…
The Spirit of Protest in Black Culture
Book Review| October 01 2021 The Spirit of Protest in Black Culture The Spirit of Protest in Black Culture. Curated by Rashaad Parker through the Visual Studies Workshop. Rochester, NY, January 18–February 19, 2021. Tony M. Royle, Jr. Tony M. Royle, Jr. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2021) 134 (534): 529–531. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.134…
Everything and nothing changes
Ireland’s selective system of collective agreed minimum wages has come under significant pressure in recent years. A new fast-food employer body took a constitutional challenge against the system of Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) and this was strengthened by the discourse on the negative effects of minimum wages as Ireland’s economic crisis worsened. Taking a historical institutional approach, the article examines the critical juncture for the JL…
The degradation of work and the end of the skilled emotion worker at Aer Lingus
The article focuses on emotional labour and self-identity at the Irish-owned Aer Lingus airline from 1998 to 2008. It has been suggested that emotional labour is likely to be an increasingly important feature of frontline service jobs. However, in this case management has reduced the level of emotional labour requirement while work organization, recruitment policy and training have changed to focus on sales and lower labour costs, intensifying wo…
A new form of union organizing in Japan? Community unions and the case of the McDonald's 'McUnion
The article examines how and why a new independent trade union was established in McDonald's Japan in 2006. We discuss these developments both within the McDonald's 'system' and the broader context of the growth of community unions in the Japanese employment system. The findings suggest that the 'McUnion' could be seen as a new form of trade union organizing in Japan; unlike an enterprise union it is independent of the employer and recruits 'non-…
Low-road Americanization’ and the global ‘McJob’
This article examines the employment practices of McDonald's and other US-owned multinational corporations (MNCs) in the global fast-food industry from the 1970s to date. It focuses on the impact that different host institutions have had on pay and working conditions in different countries in the industry. The author argues that US fast-food MNCs still adopt the underlying principles of their US practices, even if the practices themselves could n…
Working for McDonald's in Europe
The McDonald's Corporation is not only the largest system-wide sales service in the world, it is a phenomenon in its own right, and is now recognized as the most famous brand in the world. By providing a detailed analysis of the extent to which the McDonald's Corporation adapts or imposes its labour relations policies in Europe, this volume represents a real life case study revealing the interaction between a global multi-national enterprise and …
Working for McDonald's in Europe
1. Liberalism, Collectivism and the Multinational Corporation In the ring: liberalism versus collectivism, Regulating employment rights in mulinationals, Clarifying some concepts, Research issues and questions, Outline of the book 2. Welcome to Big Mac From small acorns..., Enter the salesman, Exporting 'McBurgers', The problems of international expansion, Structure and organisation in the European market 3. The Corporate Paradox: McDonald's and …
The degradation of work and the end of the skilled emotion worker at Aer Lingus
The article focuses on emotional labour and self-identity at the Irish-owned Aer Lingus airline from 1998 to 2008. It has been suggested that emotional labour is likely to be an increasingly important feature of frontline service jobs. However, in this case management has reduced the level of emotional labour requirement while work organization, recruitment policy and training have changed to focus on sales and lower labour costs, intensifying wo…
McStrike! Framing, (Political) Opportunity and the Development of a Collective Identity
This article examines the development of the UK 'Fast-Food Rights Campaign' and the formation of a collective identity amongst McDonald's UK workers. It illustrates how, despite an acquiescent and fragmented workforce, workers diagnostically frame (recognize, articulate and attribute) perceived injustices relating to their pay and working conditions. However, the main focus is on prognostic framing which brings people 'together' to find a 'consen…
A new form of union organizing in Japan? Community unions and the case of the McDonald's 'McUnion
The article examines how and why a new independent trade union was established in McDonald's Japan in 2006. We discuss these developments both within the McDonald's 'system' and the broader context of the growth of community unions in the Japanese employment system. The findings suggest that the 'McUnion' could be seen as a new form of trade union organizing in Japan; unlike an enterprise union it is independent of the employer and recruits 'non-…
Low-road Americanization’ and the global ‘McJob’
This article examines the employment practices of McDonald's and other US-owned multinational corporations (MNCs) in the global fast-food industry from the 1970s to date. It focuses on the impact that different host institutions have had on pay and working conditions in different countries in the industry. The author argues that US fast-food MNCs still adopt the underlying principles of their US practices, even if the practices themselves could n…
Working for McDonald's in Europe
1. Liberalism, Collectivism and the Multinational Corporation In the ring: liberalism versus collectivism, Regulating employment rights in mulinationals, Clarifying some concepts, Research issues and questions, Outline of the book 2. Welcome to Big Mac From small acorns..., Enter the salesman, Exporting 'McBurgers', The problems of international expansion, Structure and organisation in the European market 3. The Corporate Paradox: McDonald's and …
Working for McDonald's in Europe
The McDonald's Corporation is not only the largest system-wide sales service in the world, it is a phenomenon in its own right, and is now recognized as the most famous brand in the world. By providing a detailed analysis of the extent to which the McDonald's Corporation adapts or imposes its labour relations policies in Europe, this volume represents a real life case study revealing the interaction between a global multi-national enterprise and …
Low-road Americanization’ and the global ‘McJob’
This article examines the employment practices of McDonald's and other US-owned multinational corporations (MNCs) in the global fast-food industry from the 1970s to date. It focuses on the impact that different host institutions have had on pay and working conditions in different countries in the industry. The author argues that US fast-food MNCs still adopt the underlying principles of their US practices, even if the practices themselves could n…
A new form of union organizing in Japan? Community unions and the case of the McDonald's 'McUnion
The article examines how and why a new independent trade union was established in McDonald's Japan in 2006. We discuss these developments both within the McDonald's 'system' and the broader context of the growth of community unions in the Japanese employment system. The findings suggest that the 'McUnion' could be seen as a new form of trade union organizing in Japan; unlike an enterprise union it is independent of the employer and recruits 'non-…
The degradation of work and the end of the skilled emotion worker at Aer Lingus
The article focuses on emotional labour and self-identity at the Irish-owned Aer Lingus airline from 1998 to 2008. It has been suggested that emotional labour is likely to be an increasingly important feature of frontline service jobs. However, in this case management has reduced the level of emotional labour requirement while work organization, recruitment policy and training have changed to focus on sales and lower labour costs, intensifying wo…
Everything and nothing changes
Ireland’s selective system of collective agreed minimum wages has come under significant pressure in recent years. A new fast-food employer body took a constitutional challenge against the system of Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) and this was strengthened by the discourse on the negative effects of minimum wages as Ireland’s economic crisis worsened. Taking a historical institutional approach, the article examines the critical juncture for the JL…
The Spirit of Protest in Black Culture
Book Review| October 01 2021 The Spirit of Protest in Black Culture The Spirit of Protest in Black Culture. Curated by Rashaad Parker through the Visual Studies Workshop. Rochester, NY, January 18–February 19, 2021. Tony M. Royle, Jr. Tony M. Royle, Jr. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2021) 134 (534): 529–531. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.134…
McStrike! Framing, (Political) Opportunity and the Development of a Collective Identity
This article examines the development of the UK 'Fast-Food Rights Campaign' and the formation of a collective identity amongst McDonald's UK workers. It illustrates how, despite an acquiescent and fragmented workforce, workers diagnostically frame (recognize, articulate and attribute) perceived injustices relating to their pay and working conditions. However, the main focus is on prognostic framing which brings people 'together' to find a 'consen…
Beating the App’ or Pyrrhic Victories? Gamification, Workaholism and FoMo in UK Food‐Delivery Platforms
This article examines the relationship between the gamification of platform food‐delivery work and workaholism. Drawing on a qualitative study, our findings suggest that while financial needs act as a ‘ push ’ factor, encouraging workers to enter off‐line platform work, gamification serves as a ‘ pull ’ factor ‐ driving an introjected motivation that draws couriers into the compulsive behaviours associated with workaholism. The more exposure that…
Political science (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works)