| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 292, 2021
2021 2nd International Conference on New Energy Technology and Industrial Development (NETID 2021)
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| Article Number | 02018 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | New Energy Economy and Energy Blockchain Application | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202129202018 | |
| Published online | 09 September 2021 | |
How can millions of Chinese food delivery riders be managed in an orderly way: Based on the labor process theory
1 School of Marxism, Hohai University, 210098 Nanjing, China
2 School of Public Administration, Hohai University, 211100 Nanjing, China
* Xiqing Xu: 244842241@qq.com
Ordering food through smartphones brings millions of laborers into a new occupation -food delivery rider. To date, insufficient research has focused on this group of population in platform economy. This paper examines the management mechanism of Chinese food delivery industry based on Marxist labor process theory and its extensions. Three main findings are revealed. First, the food delivery platform strictly set online and off-line institutions to manage food delivery riders; second, riders are involved in an illusion of flexitime but indeed provide more labor forces; third, riders are not free as they are constantly monitored by platform’s algorithm driven by big data. Given this, the conclusion suggests that all platform enterprises should abide professional ethnics and undertake social responsibility and to liberate food delivery riders’ nature.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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