The threat of physical and psychosocial violence and harassment in digitalized work

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Phoebe V Moore (ILO) (2018). The threat of physical and psychosocial violence and harassment in digitalized work. International Labour Organization

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Digitalization has begun to impact work on the streets, at home, in factories and warehouses, and in offices. The logic of algorithmic work acquisition and governance focuses on efficiency and profit making. However, it also potentially penalizes women, youth, migrant workers and disabled workers, leading to the ‘unequal life chances’ which Galtung refers to as structural violence (1969, p. 171, also developed in Akhtar and Moore, 2016) and a significant rise in the risks of psychosocial and physical violence and harassment in the digitalized world of work.

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