Working in Digital and Smart Organizations: Legal, Economic and Organizational Perspectives on the Digitalization of Labour Relations

Contributing to recent debate on the emergence of digital and agile work, this book explores the implications for labour and employment relations within and beyond organizational boundaries.  Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the key issues and challenges of digitalization, this collection covers topics such as the gig economy, crowdworking and Industry 4.0. Theory and analysis are combined as the authors examine the impact of digital and smart work on organization, HRM and labour law. With comprehensive empirical evidence for those interested in understanding the more complex trajectories of today’s transforming work relationships, this book will  not only appeal to students and academics but also to policy-makers, trade unionists and employers’ organizations.

Edoardo Ales is Full Professor of European, Comparative and Italian Labour and Social Security Law. He teaches at both the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, and LUISS Guido Carli in Italy, as well as Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria.

Ylenia Curzi is Assistant Professor of Organization and HRM at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. She previously studied at the University of Udine, Italy, and was a Visiting Scholar at Cardiff Business School, UK, in 2009.

Tommaso Fabbri is Associate Professor of Organization and HRM, Director of the Ph.D Programme in Labour, Development and Innovation, and a member of the Softech-ICT Research Center at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Olga Rymkevich is a Senior Researcher at the Marco Biagi Foundation, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. She previously studied labour law at Saint Petersburg State University.

Iacopo Senatori is a Senior Researcher of Labour Law at the Marco Biagi Foundation, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He previously studied at the University of Bologna and is a Member of the Italian Society of Labour Law and Social Security.

Giovanni Solinas is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He previously studied at the University of Cambridge, UK.