Digital Nomadism: the nexus of remote working and travel mobility

Hermann, Inge; Paris, Cody Morris

doi:10.1007/s40558-020-00188-w

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“…There also remains a gap in the literature regarding the entrepreneurship-level aspects of digital nomadism. Instead, scholars have focused on more philosophical, lifestyle, and sociological aspects of DNE, including defining the phenomenon (6,14,15], lifestyle considerations of digital nomads [16], exploring issues relating to self-presentation and authenticity [17], digital nomad mobilities [18], the role of co-living and co-working spaces on digital nomads' well-being [19,20], the role of disciplining in managing work/life boundaries in digital nomadism [21], and investigations into the sociocultural imaginaries of digital nomadism [22].…”

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Digital Nomad Entrepreneurship and Lifestyle Design: A Process Theory

Stumpf¹,

Califf²,

Lancaster³

2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Advances in information technology have led to the emergence of a digital workforce comprised of several types of workers, one such being the digital nomad. There is an opportunity in to expand the IS literature by investigating the entrepreneurial side of digital nomadism. Digital nomad entrepreneurship (DNE) is a growing phenomenon and distinctive approach to life and entrepreneurship. Previous research has tended to focus on either the lifestyle or business-level aspects of DNE. This study uses grounded theory method to investigate the merger of lifestyle and business factors that combine to form how an individual becomes a digital nomad entrepreneur. The findings reveal a model called the "Digital Nomad Entrepreneurship & Lifestyle Design Process", which is comprised of four conceptual sub-categories: 1).

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Nomad Entrepreneurship and Lifestyle Design: A Process Theory

Stumpf¹,

Califf²,

Lancaster³

2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…Some island states have gone even further: Barbados is offering 'teleworking' visas to entice rich potential settlers to take up residence in the country while continuing their work remotely, via a reliable internet connection (Insider, 2020). The proliferation of working on-line and remotely post-pandemic has opened up strong possibilities for a new wave of migrant workers: the 'digital nomads' who can now seriously consider quality of life issues (as would come with living in a small island community) without sacrificing careers and well-paying jobs (Hermann & Paris, 2020).…”

Section: Enter the Pandemicmentioning

confidence: 99%

The virtues of insularity: Pondering a new chapter in the historical geography of islands

Baldacchino

Starc

2021

Geography Compass

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We may be on the cusp of a renaissance in small island living.The slow but steady decline that characterised much of the industrial age seems to have been halted in some islands and in some countries -including Ireland and Croatia -and even reversed in some places (the Aran Islands). Using a broad sweep this exploratory article explains the broad historical phenomenon of small island youth outmigration, population decline or resettlement; and how this is being replaced with a newfound value in 'splendid isolation' that, however, boasts elements of connectivity (including access to the World Wide Web).

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“…Digital nomadism is a term that has entered the cultural lexicon relatively recently to describe a lifestyle unbound from the traditional structures and constraints of office work (Hermann and Paris, 2020). This identity is organized, in part, around the digital technologies and infrastructures that make "remote work" possible, allowing digital nomads to claim "location independence" and granting them the freedom to travel while working.…”

Section: Locating the Digital Nomadmentioning

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“…While a number of studies have examined how digital nomads understand their own communities and lifestyles, less research has critically examined how various governments have leveraged the category of digital nomadism to encourage independent workers to participate in their economies via remote work. Previous work on digital nomadism has focused mainly on how the term should be defined, as well as how self-identified digital nomads understand their working practices, uses of technology, and relationships to their communities (Hermann and Paris, 2020).…”

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'If You Can Work From Anywhere, Why Work Anywhere Else?': Flexible Citizenship, Regimes of Mobility, and the Discourse of Digital Nomadism

Edwards

2021

SPIR

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Digital nomadism is a term that has entered the cultural lexicon relatively recently to describe a lifestyle unbound from the traditional structures and constraints of office work (Makimoto and Manners, 1997; Cook, 2020; Thompson, 2018). This identity is organized around the digital technologies and infrastructures that make “remote work” possible, allowing digital nomads to claim “location independence” and granting them the freedom to travel while working (Nash et al., 2018). Largely employed as freelancers or as self-styled entrepreneurs, digital nomads assert their independence from the traditional strictures of work through the digital technologies they use at the same time that they remain “plugged in” to the infrastructures, economies, and lifeworlds of Silicon Valley (McElroy, 2019, p. 216). As such, the digital nomad represents a key site to examine privileged transnationalism and the enduring forms of coloniality that inform contemporary “regimes of mobility” (Hayes and Pérez-Gañán, 2017; Glick Schiller and Salazar, 2013, p. 189). This paper considers how discourses of digital nomadism have been constructed, circulated, and leveraged by governments offering “digital nomad visas,” “remote work visas,” or “freelancer visas” to examine how regimes of mobility have been imagined and enacted. Utilizing discourse analysis to examine popular press articles, Instagram posts from the official accounts of tourism boards, and governmental websites, I examine the ways digital nomadism was constructed during the COVID-19 pandemic and consider how this lifestyle has been formalized and institutionalized. I argue that mobility itself has become a central resource through which nations compete for global capital accumulation.

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Digital Nomadism: the nexus of remote working and travel mobility

Cited by 57 publications

References 15 publications

Digital Nomad Entrepreneurship and Lifestyle Design: A Process Theory

Digital Nomad Entrepreneurship and Lifestyle Design: A Process Theory

The virtues of insularity: Pondering a new chapter in the historical geography of islands

'If You Can Work From Anywhere, Why Work Anywhere Else?': Flexible Citizenship, Regimes of Mobility, and the Discourse of Digital Nomadism

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