Labour law

Statistics

Association (psychology)

Sociology

Business

Psychology

Political science

Survey data collection

Gig economy

Mathematics

Industrial relations

Public relations

Psychotherapist

Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society

Using survey data from 450 ridehail drivers, this article examines how social networking sites (SNS) influence workers’ views on union instrumentality and unionization. This article finds that more frequent interaction with other workers in online communities is associated with improved views of union instrumentality and interest in joining a ridehail drivers' association. These findings link together the fields of information sciences and industrial relations and suggest a new institutional actor in modern industrial systems, the online worker network.

The Role of Digital Communities in Organizing Gig Workers