Digitalisation and concepts of extended work

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-146
Author(s):  
Linda Nierling ◽  
Bettina-Johanna Krings
Keyword(s):  
Extended Work

scholarly journals Boundaryless working hours and recovery in Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Vieten ◽  
Anne Marit Wöhrmann ◽  
Alexandra Michel
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Working Time ◽  
Overtime Work ◽  
Psychological Detachment ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Recovery Experiences ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Control ◽  
Extended Work

Abstract Objective Due to recent trends such as globalization and digitalization, more and more employees tend to have flexible working time arrangements, including boundaryless working hours. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships of various aspects of boundaryless working hours (overtime, Sunday work, and extended work availability) with employees’ state of recovery. Besides, we examined the mediating and moderating role of recovery experiences (psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery, and control) in these relationships. Methods We used data from 8586 employees (48% women; average age of 48 years) who took part in the 2017 BAuA-Working Time Survey, a representative study of the German working population. Regression analyses were conducted to test main effects as well as mediation and moderation. Results Overtime work, Sunday work, and extended work availability were negatively related to state of recovery. Psychological detachment mediated these relationships. Furthermore, we found that relaxation and control mediated the association between extended work availability and state of recovery. However, no relevant moderating effects were found. Conclusions Altogether, our findings indicate that various aspects of boundaryless working hours pose a risk to employees’ state of recovery and that especially psychological detachment is a potential mechanism in these relationships. In addition, the results suggest that a high level of recovery experiences cannot attenuate these negative relationships in leisure time. Therefore, employers and employees alike should try to avoid or minimize boundaryless working hours.

Queries and Cues: Textual Stimuli for Reflective Thinking in Digital Mind-Mapping

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ting-Ju Chen ◽  
Ronak Ranjitkumar Mohanty ◽  
Vinayak Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Thinking ◽  
User Study ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Commonsense Knowledge ◽  
Support Mechanism ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Mapping Task ◽  
Extended Work

Abstract Mind-mapping is useful for externalizing ideas and their relationships surrounding a central problem. However, balancing between the exploration of different aspects (breadth) of the problem with respect to the detailed exploration of each of its aspects (depth) can be challenging, especially for novices. The goal of this paper is to investigate the notion of “reflection-in-design” through a novel interactive digital mind-mapping workflow that we call “QCue”. The idea behind this workflow is to incorporate the notion of reflective thinking through two mechanisms: (1) offering suggestions to promote depth exploration through user's queries (Q), and (2) asking questions (Cue) to promote reflection for breadth exploration. This paper is an extension of our prior work where our focus was mainly on the algorithmic development and implementation of a cognitive support mechanism behind QCue enabled by ConceptNet (a graph-based rich ontology with “commonsense” knowledge). In this extended work, we first present a detailed summary of how QCue facilitated the breadth-depth balance in a mind-mapping task. Second, we present a comparison between QCue and conventional digital mind-mapping i.e. without our algorithm through a between-subjects user study. Third, we present new detailed analysis on the usage of different cognitive mechanisms provided by QCue. We further consolidate our prior quantitative analysis and build a connection with our observational analysis. Finally, we discuss in detail the different cognitive mechanisms provided by QCue to stimulate reflection in design.

Gendered and extended work: research and policy needs for work in later life

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Vickerstaff ◽  
Debra Street ◽  
Áine Ní Léime ◽  
Clary Krekula
Keyword(s):  
Working Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Individual Country ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Extended Work

The conclusion briefly summarises the contributions of each of the individual country chapters; to highlight major cross-national similarities and differences; to emphasise topics where more research is needed to better understand the myriad implications of extended working lives, and to consider some policy directions that could improve prospects for extended working life by countering the increasing polarisation of later life opportunities which current policy trajectories will create. While not denying the materially better conditions in Sweden or the United States than, say, Portugal or Ireland, there is not as much variation across the countries covered as might otherwise have been expected when extended working life is considered through a gendered lens. If older women's disadvantage is to be minimised or addressed, it is certain that the private sector alone cannot accomplish that. Only governments can redistribute resources and life chances in ways that would give future women (and vulnerable men) a fighting chance at good employment in later life and adequate income in old age.

scholarly journals Still Healthy after Extended Work Hours? Ten Hours Shift, Twenty-one Days Working Period for Tunnel Workers

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 804-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siri WAAGE ◽  
Magnus ODEEN ◽  
Bjørn BJORVATN ◽  
Hege R. ERIKSEN ◽  
Holger URSIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Hours ◽  
Extended Work

Boundaryless Work and the Role of Mobile ICT

2010 ◽  
pp. 927-941
Author(s):  
Ragnhild Mogren ◽  
Camilla Thunborg
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Object ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Work Identity ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
Boundaryless Work ◽  
Mobile Ict ◽  
Borderland Narratives ◽  
Extended Work

The change of structures of work towards fewer boundaries in time, space and tasks are sometimes referred to as boundaryless work. ICT is pointed out as one cause of this tendency. The aim of this chapter is to discuss the role of mobile ICT in the forming of the borderland between work and non-work and the identities formed in relation to this borderland: how is mobile ICT used in work and non-work, how is this use related to the forming of a borderland between work and non-work, what are the characteristics of the identities formed in this borderland? Narratives of experience of mobile ICT practices are analysed by means of social theories. The results show that mobile ICT is used as a boundary object between work and non-work. In distinguishing between functions and artefacts, between time and space, different identities are formed: extended work identity, border identity and boundaryless identity.

Extended Work Life: A Growing Phenomenon

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Elizabeth F Fideler
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Extended Work
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document