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The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor

The gig economy has been growing since the world economic recession in early 2008 to 2011 and created new jobs for many. Food delivery gig workers are among the important types of gig jobs especially in urban areas such as Johor Bahru. Thus, studies related to the economy of gigs, especially employe...

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Main Authors: Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna, Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Azhar, Abdul Patah, Salwa, Zaini, Fadilah, Abdul Rohman, Nazirah
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2023
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/108636/1/RabeatulHusna2023_TheExperienceofMalayFoodDelivery.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/108636/
http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/sh.v15n2.1983
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spelling my.utm.1086362024-11-24T06:57:31Z http://eprints.utm.my/108636/ The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Azhar Abdul Patah, Salwa Zaini, Fadilah Abdul Rohman, Nazirah HD Industries. Land use. Labor The gig economy has been growing since the world economic recession in early 2008 to 2011 and created new jobs for many. Food delivery gig workers are among the important types of gig jobs especially in urban areas such as Johor Bahru. Thus, studies related to the economy of gigs, especially employees who are involved as food deliverers are also given attention by researchers. Therefore, this study aims to explore the experience of food delivery gig workers around Johor Bahru. Qualitative studies using phenomenological approaches were used to explore the working experiences of informants. Snowball sampling technique was used and through this technique 9 informants were obtained. Thematic analysis was applied to obtain the meaning of the experience of the informants interviewed in a semi -structured manner. The results of the study found that although the job is flexible, free and easy but high risk. The informant also described the gig job as still unstable in terms of job security and uncertain job prospects. This job is still considered a transition before the informant obtains a more secure permanent job. Therefore, the government and other stakeholders need to pay attention by offering policies that can ensure job security and reduce the vulnerability and risk of these gig workers. Penerbit UTM Press 2023-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/108636/1/RabeatulHusna2023_TheExperienceofMalayFoodDelivery.pdf Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna and Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Azhar and Abdul Patah, Salwa and Zaini, Fadilah and Abdul Rohman, Nazirah (2023) The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor. Sains Humanika, 15 (2). pp. 15-26. ISSN 2289-6996 http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/sh.v15n2.1983 DOI:10.11113/sh.v15n2.1983
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Azhar
Abdul Patah, Salwa
Zaini, Fadilah
Abdul Rohman, Nazirah
The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor
description The gig economy has been growing since the world economic recession in early 2008 to 2011 and created new jobs for many. Food delivery gig workers are among the important types of gig jobs especially in urban areas such as Johor Bahru. Thus, studies related to the economy of gigs, especially employees who are involved as food deliverers are also given attention by researchers. Therefore, this study aims to explore the experience of food delivery gig workers around Johor Bahru. Qualitative studies using phenomenological approaches were used to explore the working experiences of informants. Snowball sampling technique was used and through this technique 9 informants were obtained. Thematic analysis was applied to obtain the meaning of the experience of the informants interviewed in a semi -structured manner. The results of the study found that although the job is flexible, free and easy but high risk. The informant also described the gig job as still unstable in terms of job security and uncertain job prospects. This job is still considered a transition before the informant obtains a more secure permanent job. Therefore, the government and other stakeholders need to pay attention by offering policies that can ensure job security and reduce the vulnerability and risk of these gig workers.
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author Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Azhar
Abdul Patah, Salwa
Zaini, Fadilah
Abdul Rohman, Nazirah
author_facet Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Azhar
Abdul Patah, Salwa
Zaini, Fadilah
Abdul Rohman, Nazirah
author_sort Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna
title The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor
title_short The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor
title_full The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor
title_fullStr The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor
title_full_unstemmed The experience of Malay food delivery gig worker in Johor Bahru, Johor
title_sort experience of malay food delivery gig worker in johor bahru, johor
publisher Penerbit UTM Press
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.utm.my/108636/1/RabeatulHusna2023_TheExperienceofMalayFoodDelivery.pdf
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