Northern Lights Instead of Workers’ Rights: Volunteer Working Tourists in Finnish Lapland

Research on volunteers in the tourism field often deals with the motivations of such persons as well as their effects on host locales, while research on the work conditions of tourism workers often focuses solely on paid employees. However, such research has not focused on the workplace condi- tions for volunteer working tourists in the tourism arena whose motivation, among other reasons, for seeking unpaid work opportunities is a dual role of tourism consumer.As volunteers are not for- mally employed, they are not entitled to legal workplace standards.This article examines, through netnographic research methods and thematic analysis, the workplace experiences of several vol- unteer working tourists in Finnish Lapland, considering how similar to precarious employment their situation is, to some extent enabled by their tourism mindset. This raises curious questions about the use of such labor, suggesting their future inclusion within discussions of precarious work

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Hyper-individualized recruitment: Rural-urban labour migration and precarious construction work in Bangladesh

Migration Mobility & Displacement ◽

10.18357/mmd22201615019 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 40 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Selim Reza

Keyword(s):

Work Conditions ◽

Capital City ◽

Labour Migration ◽

Employment Relations ◽

Construction Sector ◽

Precarious Employment ◽

Precarious Work ◽

Recruitment Practices

Indirect recruitment through individual recruiters triggers specific areas of precarious employment in the construction sector of Bangladesh. This paper critically examines the navigating role of individual recruiters in determining precarious work conditions for the rural-urban migrant labourers. It unpacks the inter-connections between recruitment practices, rural-urban labour migration and precarious employment in the construction sector of Bangladesh. Taking the case study of migrant construction labourers in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, it draws on surveys and in-depth interviews to examine specific conditions of individualized recruitment practices and employment relations that contribute to various pressures and insecurities amongst migrant construction labourers. Examining labour recruitment through the lens of precarious work, this paper argues that neoliberal practices have led to indirect recruitment practices where the pronounced existence of individual recruiters as the key actors underpins the precariousness of construction labour in Bangladesh.

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Contents related to nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic on the Youtube™ platform

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0581 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 74 (suppl 1) ◽

Author(s):

Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho ◽

Paulo Roberto Lima Falcão doVale ◽

Karina Araújo Pinto ◽

Sílvia Lúcia Ferreira

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Work Conditions ◽

Physical Distance ◽

Care Provision ◽

Improve Working ◽

Individual Care ◽

Nursing Professionals

ABSTRACT Objective: to characterize the content of Youtube™ videos related to nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: a qualitative study that examined 47 videos on Youtube™ posted between 11/03 and 11/04 2020, which were subjected to thematic analysis. Results: four categories emerged: “the role of nurses in care production during the pandemic”, which addresses the management of services and individual care; “Overview of the pandemic from the perspective of nurses in different countries”, presenting experiences and encouraging physical distance; “Tributes and motivation to mobilize the category”, in addition to targeted tributes, calls for nurses to claim their rights; “Criticisms and demands to improve working conditions”, which highlights the insecurity of care provision settings. Final considerations: nursing work conditions in different countries, recognition of the importance of professionals during the pandemic, and claims of the category to improve working conditions were the main content found on Youtube™.

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Precarious Work and Winner-Take-all Economies

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198755609.013.22 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kendra Strauss

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Human Geography ◽

Flexible Work ◽

Employment Relation ◽

Precarious Employment ◽

Precarious Work ◽

Related Notion ◽

Winner Take All ◽

Take All

This chapter examines the concept of precariousness in work in relation to income and labour market polarization. Although there is growing interest in the separate but related notion of precarity in human geography, economic and labour geographers have engaged less with the literature on precarious work and the decline of the standard employment relation. This chapter provides a brief overview of how precarious employment is understood, before turning to focus on two particular dimensions: the role of labour market intermediaries, and the challenges of regulation in an era of flexible work.

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Caught in the middle: a thematic analysis of the experiences of Korean-Canadian caregiver-employees in the greater Toronto and Hamilton area

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11812-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Joonsoo S. Lyeo ◽

Allison Williams

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Coping Mechanisms ◽

Status Quo ◽

Dual Role ◽

Workplace Accommodation ◽

The Status

Abstract Background The objective of this study was to investigate the experiences of caregiver-employees (CEs) from the Korean-Canadian community in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Methods Nine participants were recruited and invited to partake in data collection, which consisted of the completion of a sociodemographic questionnaire as well as a qualitative, semi-structured interview. The interview transcripts were thematically analyzed. Result The thematic analysis revealed four primary themes, each of which had three sub-themes. The four primary themes are:: (i) tensions, (ii) adaptations to the dual role of being a CE, (iii) coping mechanisms, and (iv) desired changes to the status quo. Conclusion The result of this study suggest that Korean-Canadian CEs, as a consequence of their position at the convergence of Korean and Western cultural values, would be best supported through the provision of culturally sensitive supports and greater workplace accommodation.

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Need for space. How artists rely on space to face precarious work conditions

SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO ◽

10.3280/sl2020-157009 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 164-185

Author(s):

Damiano Razzoli ◽

Stefano Rodighiero ◽

Lorenzo Mizzau ◽

Fabrizio Montanari

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Work Experience ◽

Work Conditions ◽

Reggio Emilia ◽

Labour Markets ◽

Precarious Work ◽

Extant Literature ◽

Gig Economy ◽

The City

Artistic labour markets present some features that can be considered paradigmatic of work in the contemporary gig economy. Extant literature identified these features by focusing on how artists can be deemed exemplars of new and more flexible ways of organising a workforce. While studies examined workers' conditions in contemporary economy, the literature on artistic work has not delved into the role of space in artist's work experience. Thus, this study aims to look at how space can be harnessed by artistic workers to respond to the most pressing needs they express. To this end, the paper presents the results of a qualitative study conducted on young artistic workers in the city of Reggio Emilia. The authors propose three mechanisms (anchoring, framing, belonging) through which space can serve as a personal compass that helps mitigate the effects of the precariousness of work.

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