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Impact sourcing (ImS) is the practice of bringing digitally enabled outsourcing jobs to marginalized individuals. The idea that ImS can play a role in providing sustainable livelihoods to marginalized individuals in the global south is steadily gaining credence among academics and practitioners. The claims of ImS ventures of positively impacting lives of marginalized individuals through employment have been supported by recent empirical inquiries (e.g., Heeks and Arun 2010; Madon and Sharanappa 2013; Malik, Nicholson, and Morgan 2013; Lacity, Rottman, and Carmel, 2014). Researchers have so far adopted Amartya Sen’s “capabilities approach” (Madon and Sharanappa 2013; Malik et al. 2013) and the “sustainable livelihoods framework” method (Heeks and Arun 2010) to understand the impact of ImS on individuals and communities.
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Sandeep, M.S., Ravishankar, M.N. (2016). Exploring the “Impact” in Impact Sourcing Ventures: A Sociology of Space Perspective. In: Nicholson, B., Babin, R., Lacity, M.C. (eds) Socially Responsible Outsourcing. Technology, Work and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-55729-2_3
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