Platform Workers In Global Production Networks

该项目借鉴了劳资关系、人力资源管理、全球政治经济学和工作与就业社会学等领域的研究成果，将探索平台工人参与全球生产网络的程度。其目的将是了解工人在全球生产网络中的地位和外包模式、工人在这种就业中的经历、更广泛的雇佣关系以及现有治理机制在多大程度上能够规范这种就业。在考虑这类工人的就业条件时，将把重点放在技能和工资等问题上。该项目着眼于全球生产链背景下的平台劳工。探讨这一主题需要跨学科的视角。有关全球价值链的文献五花八门，横跨商业和管理、经济学和劳动力地理。同样，有关平台劳动的文献涉及许多学术学科，包括雇佣关系、社会学、就业法、经济学和劳动地理学。主要兴趣包括企业的经济组织(即雇主形式)、劳动合同和工作条件，以及与企业治理和劳工标准有关的法律问题，所有这些都吸引了不同的学术兴趣领域。

Drawing from research in the fields of industrial relations, HRM, global political economy and the sociology of work and employment, the project will explore the extent to which platform workers are involved in global production networks. The aim will be to develop an understanding of workers' position in global production networks and patterns of outsourcing, workers' experiences of such employment, wider employment relations and the degree to which existing governance mechanisms are able to regulate such employment. In considering the conditions of such workers employment, attention will focus on issues such as skills and wages.The project looks at platform labour in the context of global production chains. To explore this topic will require an interdisciplinary lens. The literature of global value chains is diverse and cuts across business and management, economics and labour geography. Likewise, literature on platform labour cuts across numerous academic disciplines, including employment relations, sociology, employment law, economics and labour geography. Key points of interest include the economic organisation of business (ie employer form), labour contracts and conditions of work and legal issues related to the governance of business and labour standards, all of which draw in diverse areas of academic interest.