Research on the Social Adaptation of Female Food Delivery Workers in Shenzhen

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.220402.030How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Female food delivery workers; Social adaptation; Urban belonging

Abstract

In a male-dominated industry, how is the social adaptation of the emerging marginalized group of female food delivery workers? Through questionnaires, participatory observations and semi-structured interviews on female food delivery workers in Shenzhen, this study found that: in terms of occupational adaptation, they entered because of time freedom, income freedom and low threshold occupational characteristics, and expected to be able to use their own subjective initiative to maximize their income. But the flip side of this freedom also puts them in a sleepless, hurried work state, lacking deep connections with the outside world. At the same time, compared with male food delivery workers, the two major challenges of working environment exposed to the sun and rain and potential safety hazards are more prominent; In terms of economic adaptation, the income of food delivery workers belongs to commission income, and the income is mostly used for daily expenses; In terms of psychological adaptation, they are also trying to keep up with the pace of the city. Most of them are anxious and uneasy, and they do not have a strong sense of belonging to the city of Shenzhen. Finally, from the four aspects of APP, community, security, and two-way evaluation mechanism, suggestions are put forward to improve the social adaptation status of female food delivery workers.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junqin Wu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/12
TI  - Research on the Social Adaptation of Female Food Delivery Workers in Shenzhen
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on County Economic Development, Rural Revitalization and Social Sciences (ICCRS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 146
EP  - 150
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220402.030
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220402.030
ID  - Wu2022
ER  -