Digital labour platforms and neoliberal governmentality: the case of platform workers in Turkey

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dc.authoridUysal, Kadir/0000-0001-6298-017X
dc.authorwosidUysal, Kadir/ABU-5815-2022
dc.contributor.authorUysal, Kadir
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:47:15Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:47:15Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPurpose The paper brings Foucauldian analysis of neoliberal governmentality in the discussion on the new forms of labour control within digital labour platforms. The aim of the paper is to reveal the effect of control mechanisms employed by platforms on entrepreneurial self within the context of work relations. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on in-depth interviews, conducted with workers under different service categories, the author undertook an extended case study of Armut.com, a digital labour platform operating in Turkey. Findings The study finds that competitive mechanisms employed by the platform have a considerable effect on worker self-commercialisation and self-rationalisation. This is dependent on different control mechanisms employed by the platform, based on different platform working models. Originality/value The research brings the worker subjectivities to the discussion of control within the scope of digital labour platforms. By undertaking a rare empirical study on this issue, it contributes to the theory of entrepreneurial self within the scope of work relations.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBasic Research Program of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author is thankful to Denis Strebkov, Andrey Shevchuk and anonymous reviewers for valuable feedback and to Christine Gerber for helpful comments on an earlier version. The author gratefully acknowledges support from the Basic Research Program of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/IJSSP-09-2021-0248
dc.identifier.endpage155en_US
dc.identifier.issn0144-333X
dc.identifier.issn1758-6720
dc.identifier.issue1.Şuben_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85126780360en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage142en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-09-2021-0248
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7747
dc.identifier.volume43en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000774016900001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Sociology and Social Policyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectDigital Labour Platformsen_US
dc.subjectGig Economyen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectNeoliberal Governmentalityen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial Selfen_US
dc.subjectEntreployeeen_US
dc.subjectGigen_US
dc.subjectEraen_US
dc.titleDigital labour platforms and neoliberal governmentality: the case of platform workers in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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