Type of Resource:
Journal

Year of Publication:
2018

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Challenges
- Outcomes and Impacts


Themes:
- Internet for Democracy
- Internet Governance
- Internet Or Digital Rights and Freedoms

Author(s): Alex J. Wood, Vili Lehdonvirta & Mark Graham

This article presents findings regarding collective organisation among online freelancers in middle‐income countries. Drawing on research in Southeast Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa, we find that the specific nature of the online freelancing labour process gives rise to a distinctive form of organisation, in which social media groups play a central role in structuring communication and unions are absent. Internet‐based communities enable workers to support each other and share information. This, in turn, increases their security and protection. However, these communities are fragmented by nationality, occupation and platform.

URL
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ntwe.12112

Region of Study:
Africa,

Country of Study:
Africa,

Study Quality
High