*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Uberland How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work Author: Alex Rosenblatt

*Source: *University of California Press

*Date: *May 21, 2018

*Summary:* A silent cultural revolution is reshaping how we will work for generations to come—and it’s being led by Uber. The Silicon Valley start up has become a juggernaut of the sharing economy, promising drivers the opportunity to be entrepreneurs, but managing them with algorithms and treating them like consumers. The billion-dollar, global behemoth upended our expectations about what it means to work in a society mediated by technology. Link: http://bit.ly/2kedvMY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library