Career choices are increasingly reshaped by flexibility, with a growing focus on enjoying work rather than merely simply enduring it

By Shanaya Vas, Dr Garima Rajan

There is nothing that unsettles Gen Z — expected to make up 27 per cent of the labour force in OECD nations by 2025 — more than the prospect of a 9-to-5 desk job. Career choices are increasingly being reshaped by flexibility, with an emphasis on enjoying what one does rather than simply enduring work. This is where the phenomenon of digital nomadism comes in.

The term ‘digital nomad’ was introduced by Makimoto and Manners in 1997 to describe how technological advancements enable people to work remotely while travelling (Hannonen, 2020). There are several nuances in the definition of digital nomadism, but in this context,

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