Precarity and Subcontracting Relationships
The Case of Parcel Delivery Drivers in France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pétronille Rème-Harnay (University Gustave Eiffel, France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 596-614 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09500170221142721 |
| OpenAlex | W4319836652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article seeks to show, taking the example of delivery drivers, how inter-firm relations affect worker precarity. It is based on an in-depth field study carried out in the Paris region and backed up by the statistical analysis of national surveys. It focuses in particular on the role played by firms' dependence in the precarity of work and employment, considering that both dependence and precarity should be considered ubiquitous. It then seeks to measure this dependence and highlight the factors that may increase it as the relative size of the firms, the chain of dependence and the position of firms in this chain. In this way, it sets out to show why the contractual status of employees can no longer provide job security in the context of unbalanced subcontracting relationships
Affect (linguistics · Business · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Field (mathematics · Geography · Market economy · Position (finance · Precarity · Sociology · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |