Mens & Maatschappij - Volume 93, Issue 3, 2018

Abstract Public interests in the sharing and gig economy The success of Airbnb and Uber has given rise to a public debate about the pros and cons of online sharing and gig platforms. This article reports on five case studies of platforms operating in car sharing (SnappCar), home sharing (Airbnb), home restaurants (Airdnd), ride hailing (UberPop) and cleaning (Helpling). The article then puts the sharing and gig economy in Read More

Summary The erosion of the Polder model The central thesis of this article is that the formal institutions of the Dutch neo-corporatist model appear to display a remarkable stability and continuity, but that their actual functioning goes through a gradual transformation, whereby the system has essentially changed its character and has been eroded. First of all, the stability and continuity of the most important formal institutions o Read More

Summary Blockchain and the future of the work organisation Blockchain has become popular because of Bitcoin. This Information and Communication Technology offers several opportunities as backbone IT-infrastructure for organisations. To understand the impact of blockchains on organising, a theoretical framework on information and communication costs has been used. The immutable ledger, smart contracts an Read More

Abstract Human resource management in the platform economy The use of online platforms is a central aspect of the digitalization of organizations. In that light, some authors have coined the term “platform economy” to describe today’s organizational landscape. Besides the question how widespread the use of online platforms is, the question is how it relates to the human resource policies of organizations. T Read More