CROWDWORKING THROUGH DIGITALIZATION
Digitalization has widened its dominance globally in a matter of a short period. This eases the globe to communicate, gather and work together even for people who are from different time zones. This encourages new inventors, entrepreneurs, and educated workforce to unite in an instant to work on one relevant task.
‘Crowd sourcing’ and ‘Crowdworking’
The basic premise of crowdsourcing, that the crowdfunding
proposition suggests that the undefined group voluntarily takes on a task that
is presented to a group of employees. Subsequent interactions extend to
digitalized platforms that connect crowdsources and crowd workers. Research has
found significant differences between crowdsourcing and crowd work. Working in
a group is like a lucrative job, paid for. It defines working together on one
project or working individually on one task. Group resources are driven by
other motives and do not require a financial wage. Crowd working reflects
group-based and structured, lucrative digital employment as a principle for
work organizations.
Online outsourcing platforms- Microwork and Freelancing
Freelancing is a traditional and initial wave of business process outsourcing (BPO) that took place with the advent of high-speed digital connectivity, which allowed large amounts of data to be transferred across borders to low-cost locations. The work transferred from one company to a subsidiary of that company. In time, it began to assign work to non-slave companies as well. Over the past two decades, this transformation has taken place over the Internet, where jobs are posted online, on online access platforms. (Galpaya, et al, 2017)
Unless traditional freelancing, ‘Microwork’ breaks down
large workloads into small and simple tasks that are to be identified by human
intelligence and distribute these "micro functions" for workers over
the Internet. This helps to Increase cost efficiency all over the time zones in
the world. (Kuek et al, 2014 cited in Galpaya,
et al, 2017)
Pros and Cons of ‘Crowdworking’
Advantages
- Solution for unemployment
- Expand and create new Job opportunities
- Idol solutions for problems
- Greater diversity of thinking
- Less cost and organizational requirements such as leaves, compensation, benefits for employees.
- Faster problem solving
Disadvantages
- Issues create regarding confidentiality and intellectual property
- Risk of inconsistent results
- The process can be less under control
References
Economic Voice Staff (2014) THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS
OF CROWD WORKING. [Online]
Available from https://www.economicvoice.com/the-economic-benefits-of-crowd-working/
[Accessed 10 dec 2021].
Braineet (2021) 6 Great Advantages of Crowdsourcing you can Benefit From. [Online]
Available from https://www.braineet.com/blog/crowdsourcing-benefits#toc-7
[Accessed 10 dec 2021].
Durward, D.,
Blohm, I. & Leimeister, J. M. (2020) The Nature of Crowd Work and its
Effects on Individuals’ Work Perception. Journal of Management Information
Systems, 37(1)66-95.
Galpaya, H.,
Sutharan, P. & Senanayake, L. (2017) Exploring online workforce in Sri
Lanka.
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