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Kougiannou, N. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-6422-3831 and Mendonca, P. ORCID: 0000-0001-7035-6246,
2021.
Breaking the managerial silencing of worker voice in platform capitalism: the rise of a food courier network.
British Journal of Management, 32 (3), pp. 744-759.
ISSN 1045-3172
Abstract
This paper examines food couriers’ utilization of voice mechanisms as mobilization against employer silencing within platform capitalism. The concepts of ‘worker silence’ and ‘worker voice’ are used to facilitate an understanding of the way in which workers respond to workplace problems, as well as their capacity to respond within this specific context. Findings illustrate the role of technology as a facilitator but also inhibitor of worker voice. In particular, online food delivery companies’ over-reliance on algorithmic management and their online app drove couriers to silence. However, in reaction to managerial silencing, we show that couriers are not passive recipients of forces beyond their control, and attempt to explore new trajectories and modes of voice in order to influence their working conditions. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | British Journal of Management | ||||||
| Creators: | Kougiannou, N. and Mendonca, P. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||
| Date: | July 2021 | ||||||
| Volume: | 32 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1045-3172 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > Nottingham Business School | ||||||
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan | ||||||
| Date Added: | 22 Apr 2021 15:50 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2022 14:31 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/42751 |
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