Work by app

Algorithmic management and working conditions of Uber drivers in Brazil

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21189881
AutoresHenrique Amorim (0000-0002-0715-9191), Felipe Moda (0000-0002-4543-9063)
Ano2020
Volume14
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428
EditoraPluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.13169/workorgalaboglob.14.1.0101
OpenAlexW3043228004
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas15

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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