Charles Umney

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 750 citations indexed

About

Charles Umney is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Umney has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 750 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in General Health Professions and 12 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Charles Umney's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (12 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (12 papers) and Digital Economy and Work Transformation (10 papers). Charles Umney is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (12 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (12 papers) and Digital Economy and Work Transformation (10 papers). Charles Umney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Charles Umney's co-authors include Vera Trappmann, Lefteris Kretsos, Ioulia Bessa, Kate Hardy, Gabriella Alberti, Ian Greer, Simon Joyce, Mark Stuart, Dario Azzellini and Chris Forde and has published in prestigious journals such as Human Relations, Organization Studies and Public Administration Review.

In The Last Decade

Charles Umney

33 papers receiving 699 citations

Hit Papers

In, Against and Beyond Precarity: Work in Insecure Times 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. In, Against and Beyond Precarity: Work in Insecure Times
    2018 189 citations Gabriella Alberti, Ioulia Bessa et al. Work Employment and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles Umney United Kingdom 15 493 326 179 122 119 33 750
Al James United Kingdom 15 580 1.2× 191 0.6× 73 0.4× 201 1.6× 108 0.9× 22 844
Yara Evans United Kingdom 13 725 1.5× 388 1.2× 158 0.9× 25 0.2× 105 0.9× 20 963
Gabriella Alberti United Kingdom 12 527 1.1× 411 1.3× 298 1.7× 56 0.5× 19 0.2× 23 763
A. de Ruyter United Kingdom 15 175 0.4× 258 0.8× 142 0.8× 35 0.3× 44 0.4× 64 661
Jenny Chan Hong Kong 16 402 0.8× 218 0.7× 156 0.9× 43 0.4× 18 0.2× 42 813
Joseph Smucker Canada 8 223 0.5× 148 0.5× 119 0.7× 33 0.3× 57 0.5× 21 527
Jeffrey J. Sallaz United States 14 456 0.9× 116 0.4× 83 0.5× 37 0.3× 53 0.4× 30 656
Dominique Méda France 16 441 0.9× 214 0.7× 43 0.2× 16 0.1× 151 1.3× 112 695
Stephen Edgell United Kingdom 14 345 0.7× 140 0.4× 60 0.3× 46 0.4× 35 0.3× 34 649
Salvador Parrado Spain 10 190 0.4× 111 0.3× 225 1.3× 53 0.4× 29 0.2× 33 609

Countries citing papers authored by Charles Umney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Umney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Umney

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Umney, Charles, et al.. (2024). Platform Labour Unrest in a Global Perspective: How, Where and Why Do Platform Workers Protest?. Work Employment and Society. 38(1). 3–26. 11 indexed citations
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Trappmann, Vera, et al.. (2023). How Do Young Workers Perceive Job Insecurity? Legitimising Frames for Precarious Work in England and Germany. Work Employment and Society. 38(4). 998–1020. 12 indexed citations
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Hesmondhalgh, David, et al.. (2023). The changing shape of the Indian recorded music industry in the age of platformisation. Contemporary South Asia. 31(2). 291–310. 3 indexed citations
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Joyce, Simon, et al.. (2023). New social relations of digital technology and the future of work: Beyond technological determinism. New Technology Work and Employment. 38(2). 145–161. 32 indexed citations
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Greer, Ian & Charles Umney. (2022). Marketization. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Umney, Charles, et al.. (2022). Labour protests during the pandemic. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
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Bessa, Ioulia, et al.. (2022). A global analysis of worker protest in digital labour platforms. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 52 indexed citations
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Azzellini, Dario, Ian Greer, & Charles Umney. (2021). Why isn’t there an Uber for live music? The digitalisation of intermediaries and the limits of the platform economy. New Technology Work and Employment. 37(1). 1–23. 14 indexed citations
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Umney, Charles, et al.. (2021). Marketisation and regional planning in neoliberal public services: Evidence from French hospitals. Capital & Class. 46(3). 351–375. 2 indexed citations
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Cole, Matt, Hugo Radice, & Charles Umney. (2021). The Political Economy of Datafication and Work: A New Digital Taylorism?. Socialist register. 57. 3 indexed citations
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Greer, Ian, et al.. (2020). Artistic work intermediaries as industrial relations institutions: The case of musicians. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 43(2). 793–809. 3 indexed citations
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Umney, Charles, et al.. (2019). Creative placemaking and the cultural projectariat: Artistic work in the wake of Hull City of Culture 2017. Capital & Class. 44(4). 595–615. 9 indexed citations
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Greer, Ian A., et al.. (2018). Better Strategies for Herding Cats?. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Greer, Ian, et al.. (2018). Toward a Precarious Projectariat? Project dynamics in Slovenian and French social services. Organization Studies. 40(12). 1873–1895. 16 indexed citations
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Stuart, Mark, Simon Joyce, Vera Trappmann, et al.. (2017). The social protection of workers in the platform economy. Repositori UJI (Universitat Jaume I). 70 indexed citations
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Umney, Charles. (2017). Moral economy, intermediaries and intensified competition in the labour market for function musicians. Work Employment and Society. 31(5). 834–850. 16 indexed citations
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Umney, Charles, et al.. (2017). The state and class discipline: European labour market policy after the financial crisis. Capital & Class. 42(2). 333–351. 19 indexed citations
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Greer, Ian, et al.. (2014). Industrial Relations In Central Public Administration: Recent Trends And Features. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Umney, Charles. (2012). Managerial and mobilizing internationalism in the British docks and seafaring sector. European Journal of Industrial Relations. 18(1). 71–87. 7 indexed citations
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Umney, Charles. (2011). The international labour movement and China. Industrial Relations Journal. 42(4). 322–338. 1 indexed citations

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