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Principal Forms of Crowdsourcing and Crowd Work
ISBN
978-2-930769-17-2
Type
book section
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Wobbe, Werner
Bova, Elva
Dragomirescu-Gaina, Catalin
Research Team
CCC, Crowdsourcing, IWI6
Abstract
In recent years, companies have been getting access to larger pools of workers, and the phenomenon of crowdsourcing has emerged as a new pattern of digitally mediated collaboration. In parallel, an ongoing digitalisation has been accelerating the division of labour through hyperspecialisation and giving rise to new forms of work, for example crowd work. This paper illustrates the differences between crowdsourcing as an alternative concept of organizing, and crowd work as a new form of digital gainful work. The variety of crowdsourcing applications on the one hand, and the different forms of crowd work on the other, will be introduced. In summary, more and more individuals decide to work online in the crowd, and those crowds consist of people of any social strata, age or location. Hence, with the rise of crowd work, several opportunities and risks for all of these participants can be observed and need to be addressed.
Project(s)
Language
English
Keywords
Crowd Work
Crowdsourcing
Digital Work
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Book title
The Digital Economy And The Single Market : Employment Prospects And Working Conditions in Europe
Publisher
FEPS - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Publisher place
Brussel
Start page
39
End page
55
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Division(s)
Eprints ID
248836