Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market

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dc.contributor.advisorBlake, Edwin Hen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorMarsden, Garyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChepken, Christopheren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T19:28:31Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T19:28:31Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractInformation and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in general, and mobile phones in particular, have demonstrated positive outcomes in the various social transformation and human development dimensions. As a result, many researchers have focused on ICTs innovations targeting the poor. Among the poor are the low-skilled day-labourers who belong to the Day-labour Market (DLM), which is also made up of employers, job-brokers and intermediary organisations. The DLMs’ main activities involve a great deal of travelling in search of jobs by workers and a search for workers by employers. These travels place heavy economic pressure on the day-labourers, hence reducing their net earnings while they struggle with extreme poverty. The first objective of our study was to find out how and which ICT interventions can be used to alleviate the challenges faced by the DLM stakeholders. The nature of our problem resembled studies that use ICTs to reduce travel distance. Such studies fall under subjects such as teleactivities and teleworking/telecommuting, and advocate for prospects of working anywhere anytime. These studies have not received much research attention in the developing world. They have mainly been done in the developed world, and mostly on white-collar workers and organisations. This brought about our second objective: to find out whether the ICT interventions for the DLM could be studied under teleworking/telecommuting and whether the telecommuting benefits can be realised for the blue-collar workers.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationChepken, C. (2012). <i>Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6384en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChepken, Christopher. <i>"Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6384en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChepken, C. 2012. Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Chepken, Christopher AB - Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in general, and mobile phones in particular, have demonstrated positive outcomes in the various social transformation and human development dimensions. As a result, many researchers have focused on ICTs innovations targeting the poor. Among the poor are the low-skilled day-labourers who belong to the Day-labour Market (DLM), which is also made up of employers, job-brokers and intermediary organisations. The DLMs’ main activities involve a great deal of travelling in search of jobs by workers and a search for workers by employers. These travels place heavy economic pressure on the day-labourers, hence reducing their net earnings while they struggle with extreme poverty. The first objective of our study was to find out how and which ICT interventions can be used to alleviate the challenges faced by the DLM stakeholders. The nature of our problem resembled studies that use ICTs to reduce travel distance. Such studies fall under subjects such as teleactivities and teleworking/telecommuting, and advocate for prospects of working anywhere anytime. These studies have not received much research attention in the developing world. They have mainly been done in the developed world, and mostly on white-collar workers and organisations. This brought about our second objective: to find out whether the ICT interventions for the DLM could be studied under teleworking/telecommuting and whether the telecommuting benefits can be realised for the blue-collar workers. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market TI - Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6384 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6384
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChepken C. Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6384en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherComputer Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleTelecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour marketen_ZA
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