New forms of labor time control and imaginary freedom:a study of the labor process of food delivery workers  

作　　者：Shenglan Li Lihua Jiang 

机构地区：[1]School of Marxism,China University of Geosciences,388 Lumo Road,Hongshan District,Wuhan 430074,Hubei Province,China [2]School of Sociology,Central China Normal University,152 Luoyu Road,Hongshan District,Wuhan 430079,Hubei Province,China

出　　处：《The Journal of Chinese Sociology》2022年第1期175-192,共18页中国社会学杂志（英文）

基　　金：the National Social Science Fund of China;“Research on accelerating citizenization of migrant agricultural population under the background of new urbanization”(18VSJ065).

摘　　要：In this field study of the labor process of food delivery workers,we examine the new rules of time and new forms of labor time control in the food delivery industry.Food delivery platforms attract laborers with the flexibility of working time and place but simultaneously strictly surveil the labor process of delivery workers,thus establishing a multidimensional body of control consisting of the platform and customers.At the same time,platform mechanisms of“grab the order”and“wait for the order”help platforms subtly control delivery workers’experience,thoughts,and emotions.These mechanisms create a sense of time characterized by“punctuality”and“speed,”making delivery workers“all-day workers.”Delivery workers come to delivery platforms in search of work freedom,but in the end,they become constrained by platforms.Helpless,they voluntarily subject themselves to the time control of the platform,while the latter obtains profit under the guise of freedom.

关 键 词：Labor time FREEDOM Delivery workers Labor process 

分 类 号：F719[经济管理—产业经济]