Working from a distance rather than at the office is getting easier with the rise of current digital technologies, making digital nomadism an alternative to local entrepreneurship. This study investigates 5 digital nomads in their current carrier as geographically unbound entrepreneurs with a qualitative interview method and analyses how they are using digital communications to their advantages, what downsides they might experience and the upsides of working this way which resulted in a framework. This study shows a lifestyle that opens up for an efficient workstyle with a potentially high life quality through use of outsourcing, digital communications and geographical freedom. The study also shows a paradox of using the internet to be free from traditional bounds by relying the business model on it and can be the only thing that binds the digital nomad.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-121130 |
Date | January 2016 |
Creators | Monason, Knut, Sandin, Elvira |
Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | Swedish |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Relation | Informatik Student Paper Bachelor (INFSPB) ; SPB 2016.19 |
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