The widespread use of accessible technology, such as...

The widespread use of accessible technology, such as mobile devices and Internet, impacts massively on peoples lifestyles and work. For more and more people, digital technology opens the door not only to leisure pursuits but also work opportunities, and the mix of both (Chatfield, 2012). Topics such as virtual/ digital work, crowdsourcing and online labour markets (OLM) are among the hot topics in the broader discussion about the future of work. While, some authors (Horton, 2010; Satzger, Psaier et al, 2012; Ranade, Varshney, 2012) focus on the economic aspects of the online labour markets such as price setting, elasticity of supply and demand, skills matching, for other scientists, in fields such as psychology, computer science and†¦show more content†¦Taking a quality of life approach, the research questions that this paper aims to answer are: what are eWorker’s individual perceptions and closely-held beliefs about their work arrangements? Is eWork a good work arra ngement as perceived by the workers themselves? The focus on individuals, rather than on policies, institutions, organizations, companies, comes from the need to understand particularly what these work arrangements mean for individual people and how they affect their lifestyles and quality of life. This project will define quality of life as The degree to which a person enjoys the important possibilities of his/her life (Raphael, et. al, 1998: 2) in three major life domains: being, belonging and becoming (Renwick and Brown, 1996). Being refers to who one is and includes Physical Being (health, hygiene, nutrition, exercice and general appearence); Psychological Being (psychological health, feelings and evaluations about the self such as self-esteem) and Spiritual Being (ones personal values, standards of conduct and spiritual beliefs). 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