Boundary work in the process of informal job seeking : an ethnographic study of Cape Town roadside workseekers

In the context of rising unemployment, an NGO called Men on the Side of the Road (MSR) was established to provide men who stand by the side of the road waiting to be offered jobs with job opportunities and skills. The purpose of the ethnographic study described here was to assess members‘ experiences and attitudes towards the work or income-earning opportunities introduced to members by MSR. The overall goal of the report was to assess why a large proportion of the work opportunities introduced to members were not taken up with great enthusiasm. After completion of the study, the researcher found that the day-labourers used three different labels ('locals', 'networking workers' and 'struggling foreigners') to describe themselves and other roadside workseekers.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Social Anthropology

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Sterken, Hanneke

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Spiegel, Andrew

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11444

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11444