title: Professional success of Russian web-developers on foreign and local freelance marketplaces
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metadata.value: Vilkova, Olga V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-03-10T10:25:24Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-03-10T10:25:24Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Vilkova O. V. Professional success of Russian web-developers on foreign and local freelance marketplaces. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2021, vol. 14, issue 3, pp. 224–244.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2021.303
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35603
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: With the growth of the digital gig economy, which was accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic,
  competition between freelancers in online labor markets has intensified — successful
  performers are those who are more competitive on a global level. The aim of the current article
  is to assess the global competitiveness of Russian freelance programmers as representatives
  of new flexible forms of employment in online labor markets through indicators of objective
  professional success. The objectives of the study include assessment and description of the
  professional success determinants, which relate to freelancers from foreign and Russian online
  labor markets. The work is based on the results of an empirical study. The data of freelancers’
  profiles, which was extracted by web scraping, revealed that the professional success of Russian
  web developers was heterogeneous and depended on specialization and the type of labor
  exchange. A tremendous proportion of Russian freelance programmers possess a local, however, not global competitive advantage. Foreign freelancers operate with more sophisticated
  technologies, position themselves actively as experts, and tend to work at lower remuneration.
  Only a small group of Russian web developers have succeeded internationally due to a high
  quality of services, advanced human and social capital — in-depth education, knowledge of
  foreign languages, proficiency in web development technologies, and participation in professional
  communities. Russian freelancers in local online marketplaces are less successful in
  terms of financial indicators. Their promotion is based not on the competition of skills, but on
  payments made by freelancers themselves. Their minor interest in advanced web technologies
  and foreign languages will hardly contribute to involvement in global labor processes. A new
  group of technocrats, capable of initiating innovative processes in the economy and social life,
  has been gradually emerging; for greater expansion of into global labor markets, the development
  of human and social capital is necessary.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 14; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: career success
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: freelance programmers
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: freelance marketplaces
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: platform economy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: online labor markets
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Professional success of Russian web-developers on foreign and local freelance marketplaces
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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