What is automation’s role in the development of gig work?

Current Team Dr. Steven Toaddy (affectionately known as ./), Kevin Sullivan, and me (Brody)

This panel discussion will attempt to depict how the present-day workforce will transition to a non-existent workforce through periods of change in which the ingratiation acceptance and increased development of the gig economy will be the mechanism that bridges the gap between the current workforce and the non-existent one. Many people question what jobs are included in the gig economy, and many deny the possibility of the gig economy persisting in the long term.

However, research shows that the gig economy is becoming increasingly available and desired all over the world and has grown 50% in the past decade. In this panel discussion, the types of gig work, the history and current demographics of the gig economy, and the future of the gig economy may be discussed. The ultimate goal of this panel discussion will be to use found evidence and well-thought predictions with assistance from the previously mentioned subtopics to explain how gig work will be the key factor in altering how work is normally performed and ultimately pave the way in being the beginning of the end of paid employment.

Some of the questions I would like to address in this panel are:

1. What has the pandemic taught us about gig work?
2. What can we learn from the way gig work is conducted in other countries?
3. What systems could be put in place to help the transition to a gig economy?*
4. Who will be successful in a gig economy?
5. How can technology help gig work?
6. How can IO Psychology improve with an increased focus on gig work?
7. What is the role of IO psychology in the development of gig work: the gig workers, the company, both, or neither?
8. Can or would gig workers of platform economies or the organizational employees benefit from IO academia or applied practice?
9. Are IO academics or practitioners aware of the new organizational trend of “Uberization”?