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Lessons from one future of work: opportunities to flip the gig economy

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Lessons from one future of work: opportunities to flip the gig economy. / Bates, Oliver; Lord, Carolynne; Alter, Hayley et al.
In: IEEE Pervasive Computing, Vol. 20, No. 4, 15.10.2021, p. 26-34.

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Bates, O, Lord, C, Alter, H, Friday, A & Kirman, B 2021, 'Lessons from one future of work: opportunities to flip the gig economy', IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2021.3113825

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Bates, O., Lord, C., Alter, H., Friday, A., & Kirman, B. (2021). Lessons from one future of work: opportunities to flip the gig economy. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 20(4), 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2021.3113825

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Bates O, Lord C, Alter H, Friday A, Kirman B. Lessons from one future of work: opportunities to flip the gig economy. IEEE Pervasive Computing. 2021 Oct 15;20(4):26-34. doi: 10.1109/MPRV.2021.3113825

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Bates, Oliver ; Lord, Carolynne ; Alter, Hayley et al. / Lessons from one future of work : opportunities to flip the gig economy. In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 2021 ; Vol. 20, No. 4. pp. 26-34.

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