Finding meaning in a hopeless place? The construction of meaningfulness in digital microwork
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Highlights：
• Microworkers conceive two types of work beneficiaries: themselves and a third party.
• Beneficiaries of microwork are perceived in concrete or abstract terms.
• Self-improvement, rewards, moral, and social motives make work meaningful.
• Microworkers attempt to craft their work roles through various practices.
• Practices comprise knowledge enrichment and giving through work.
摘要
•Microworkers conceive two types of work beneficiaries: themselves and a third party.•Beneficiaries of microwork are perceived in concrete or abstract terms.•Self-improvement, rewards, moral, and social motives make work meaningful.•Microworkers attempt to craft their work roles through various practices.•Practices comprise knowledge enrichment and giving through work.
论文关键词：Crowdwork,Digital labor,Microwork,Meaningful work,Qualitative research,Relational job design
论文评审过程：Available online 4 January 2018, Version of Record 9 January 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.002
