Exploratory Research on Internet-enabled Work Exchanges and Employability: Analysis and synthesis of qualitative evidence on crowdsourcing for work, funding and volunteers
In the current economic context where a key policy emphasis is on employment, this project aims to inform policy of new forms of work and ways to enhance employability mediated by ICTs. New applications of ICTs are continually changing the practices and possibilities of work: the way that tasks are executed, how they organised; labour markets - how human capital is contracted, exploited and developed; and the ways and places that people are able and choose to work and develop their working life.
The report provides synthesis and analysis of the findings of six in-depth case studies on crowdfunding, online work exchanges, and systems of exchange and recruitment of unpaid work conducted in 2013.The report provides information on the operation of platforms, motivations of buyers/ investors and sellers/ workers to engage in crowdsourcing, the prerequisites for successful engagement in crowdsourcing. It examines these from the persective of employability - at the level of individuals, employers and employment intermediaries, examining the conditions under which they are used, and the skills and competances required to use them. The conclusions will have relevance to policy in the fields of employment and employability primarily, but also provides evidence relevant to skills and training in entrepreneurship, in finance (crowdfunding), and in volunteer policy. The report offers recommendations for future qualitative and qualitative resesarch.
GREEN Anne;
DE HOYOS Maria;
BARNES Sally-Anne;
BALDAUF Beate;
BEHLE Heike;
STEWART James;
2014-01-14
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC85646
978-92-79-35047-4,
1831-9424,
EUR 26423,
OP LF-NA-26423-EN-N,
http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC85646.pdf,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC85646,
10.2791/61531,
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