Research shows gig workers can boost earnings by building social skills

More than 50 million workers in the United States are part of the gig economy, either to supplement their main income or as their full-time job. New research by University of Alabama at Birmingham Collat School of Business professors Paul M. Di Gangi, Ph.D., and Jack L. Howard, Ph.D., and colleagues explore how gig workers can use online communities to increase their earnings.