How Uber drivers avoided — and contributed to — the fate of taxi drivers
Countries around the world are wrestling with whether to classify Uber drivers and other gig economy workers as independent contractors or employees. We’ve studied how Uber and taxi drivers have been affected by Uber’s categorization as a technology company. As organizational and management researchers at business schools from across Canada studying stigma, marginalization and inequality as well as entrepreneurship, innovation and technology, we became very interested in Uber’s entry into the taxi industry as we watched it unfold. The CN Tower is seen in the side-view mir...
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