Replication Data for: The governance of gig platform organizations in developing countries
Domain:
socioeconomicmobilityRecord type:
dataset
Creator:
Ciu
Editor:
TilUniDatCiu
Publisher:
Dat
Host:
The research focuses on local ride-hailing platform organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and it explores the governance mechanisms they deployed to address the institutional voids they faced in the local context. The study conceptualizes enabling and coercive governance modes and uncovers distinct patterns within to address institutional voids.
The data consists of interviews with 11 ride-hailing platform organizations and secondary data collected about them from publicly available sources. Data files
Interview data (Word): transcripts of the interviews conducted with the representatives of the ride-hailing platform organizations. The names of the organizations have been anonymized. Secondary data (Pdf and Word): publicly available data, including website of the organizations, newspaper articles, transcripts of videos, etc. Supplemental material Interview protocol: list of main questions used in the semi-structured interviews with the ride-hailing platform organizations Code book: codes used to code the institutional voids and governance mechanisms Structure data package
The interview protocol was used to collect the interview data. The codebook was used to code the interview and secondary data. The project started, and most of the data was collected, when the first author was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Amsterdam. Method: Primary data were collected via semi-structured interviews, with managers or founders of the focal platform organizations. The secondary data were collected by via an online search of publicly available information on the focal platform organizations. Universe: The sample consists of ride-hailing platform organizations, which have been established in different sub-Saharan countries (Kenya, Uganda, South Africa). These are local organizations which connect local drivers with customers via a digital platform. Production date: Date of collecting or producing the data. [Begin date: 01-March- 2019] - [End date: 18-June 2021].
The data consists of interviews with 11 ride-hailing platform organizations and secondary data collected about them from publicly available sources. Data files
Interview data (Word): transcripts of the interviews conducted with the representatives of the ride-hailing platform organizations. The names of the organizations have been anonymized. Secondary data (Pdf and Word): publicly available data, including website of the organizations, newspaper articles, transcripts of videos, etc. Supplemental material Interview protocol: list of main questions used in the semi-structured interviews with the ride-hailing platform organizations Code book: codes used to code the institutional voids and governance mechanisms Structure data package
The interview protocol was used to collect the interview data. The codebook was used to code the interview and secondary data. The project started, and most of the data was collected, when the first author was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Amsterdam. Method: Primary data were collected via semi-structured interviews, with managers or founders of the focal platform organizations. The secondary data were collected by via an online search of publicly available information on the focal platform organizations. Universe: The sample consists of ride-hailing platform organizations, which have been established in different sub-Saharan countries (Kenya, Uganda, South Africa). These are local organizations which connect local drivers with customers via a digital platform. Production date: Date of collecting or producing the data. [Begin date: 01-March- 2019] - [End date: 18-June 2021].
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