Edward Webster

Edward Webster

University of the Witwatersrand

H-index: 31

Africa-South Africa

About Edward Webster

Edward Webster, With an exceptional h-index of 31 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of the Witwatersrand, specializes in the field of work, labour, inequality.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

From casting to recasting: Reviewing the Recasting of Workers’ Power

Going Global, Building Local: A Southern Perspective on the Future of Labour Internationalism

Recasting Workers' Power: Work and Inequality in the Shadow of the Digital Age

Global Capital, Global Labour: The Possibilities of Transnational Activism

Les négociations des travailleurs de l'économie informelle

Introduction to Special Issue: Celebrating Ari Sitas

Authoritarian Algorithmic Management: The Double-edged Sword of the Gig Economies

Building the car while driving it: organising platform workers in the e-hailing sector in Kenya

Edward Webster Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

4491

Citations(since 2020)

1841

Cited By

3065

hIndex(all)

31

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

78

i10Index(since 2020)

41

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University Profile Page

University of the Witwatersrand

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Edward Webster Skills & Research Interests

work

labour

inequality

Top articles of Edward Webster

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

From casting to recasting: Reviewing the Recasting of Workers’ Power

Edward Webster

Lynford Dor

Kally Forrest

Fikile Masikane

Carmen Ludwig

...

2024/3/27

Going Global, Building Local: A Southern Perspective on the Future of Labour Internationalism

Labour Disrupted: Reflections on the Future of Work in South Africa

Edward Webster

2023

Recasting Workers' Power: Work and Inequality in the Shadow of the Digital Age

Edward Webster

Lynford Dor

2023/7/17

Global Capital, Global Labour: The Possibilities of Transnational Activism

Edward Webster

Carmen Ludwig

2023/7/17

Les négociations des travailleurs de l'économie informelle

Verena Schmidt

Edward Webster

Siviwe Mhlana

Kally Forrest

2023

Introduction to Special Issue: Celebrating Ari Sitas

Amrita Pande

Edward Webster

2023/7/3

Authoritarian Algorithmic Management: The Double-edged Sword of the Gig Economies

Edward Webster

Fikile Masikane

2023/7/17

Building the car while driving it: organising platform workers in the e-hailing sector in Kenya

Work in the Global Economy

Ruth Castel-Branco

Bill Mutoro

Edward Webster

2023/11/9

Labour Disrupted: Reflections on the future of work in South Africa

Malehoko Tshoaedi

Christine Bischoff

Andries Bezuidenhout

Janet Cherry

Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama

...

2023

Negotiations by workers in the informal economy-Authors

Verena Schmidt

Edward Webster

Siviwe Mhlana

Kally Forrest

2023/4/5

Neo-liberalism Comes to Johannesburg: Changing the Rules of the Game

Edward Webster

2023/7/17

Varieties of platform unionism: a view from the Global South on workers’ power in the digital economy

Work in the Global Economy

Stefan Schmalz

Victoria Basualdo

Melisa Serrano

Kurt Vandaele

Edward Webster

2023/10/5

Negotiations by workers in the informal economy

Verena Schmidt

Edward Webster

Siviwe Mhlana

Kally Forrest

2023

Contesting digital technology through new forms of transnational activism

Global Labour Journal

Edward Webster

Carmen Ludwig

2023/1/31

Changing Sources of Power and the Future of Southern Labour

Edward Webster

2023/7/17

Precarious work after apartheid: Experimenting with alternative forms of representation in the informal sector

Edward Webster

Kally Forrest

2023/7/17

Negociaciones de los trabajadores en la economía informal

Verena Schmidt

Edward Webster

Siviwe Mhlana

Kally Forrest

2023

Crossing the Divide: Informal Workers and Trade Unions

Edward Webster

Carmen Ludwig

2023/7/17

The End of Labour? Rethinking the Labour Question in the Digital Age

Edward Webster

2023/7/17

Beyond traditional trade unionism: innovative worker responses in three African cities

Edward Webster

Carmen Ludwig

Fikile Masikane

Dave Spooner

2022/4/27

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