A Study on the Influencing Factors of Smart-Work Performance

Kang, Yong-Sik; Kwon, Sun-dong

doi:10.21219/jitam.2016.23.1.061

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“…Smart working can be regarded as an evolution of teleworking, but the adjective "smart" puts an emphasis on the potentially positive effects that this new modality is expected to bring about, for both companies and people: Kim et al (2017) argue that SM is "telework that individuals perform in a smart and innovative manner" by using devices for distant communication. From this viewpoint, it is highlighted that workers "can positively accommodate the latest information technology environment without being constrained by time and place" (Kang and Kwon, 2016). The adjective "smart" is used to underline that this work modality is also a way for employees to "achieve maximum value" and "be more productive" (Fragouli and Ilia, 2019), to have more "spatial and temporal flexibility" (Fogarty et al, 2011), better working conditions (Kim and Oh, 2015), improve creativity and stimulate change (Kang and Kwong, 2016).…”

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“…Hassan (2016) detected a number of significant factors, namely: nature of the job, clear goals and policies, fitting to immediate needs of employees, and also a capability to respect the personal like of the people. Similarly, Kang and Kwon (2016) analyzed the possible determinants of a positive adoption of SM, and singled out that there are factors at firm level (such as, the organizational environment -e.g. : innovation climate, or style of personnel evaluation -or the characteristics of the information system adopted to support SM), and others at the level of the single individual (for example, capability of self-control).…”

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Working from home during COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and issues

Bolisani

Scarso

Ipsen

et al. 2020

Management &Amp; Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society

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During the COVID pandemic, many companies, schools, and public organizations all around the world asked their employees to work from home i.e. to adopt what are called “smart working” modalities. This has and will presumably have a serious impact on both employees and employers, which still needs to be clarified and investigated: indeed, if smart working becomes a common working modality, this may have a significant impact on both organizations and employees. This paper reports the results of an online survey of “smart workers” in Italy during the COVID pandemic, when a great number of employees suddenly moved to working from home with no or little preparation. The study offers interesting indications about the involvement and usefulness perception of smart working by the sampled people and makes it possible to single out different categories of employees based on their attitude towards this modality. Also, it points out the potential impact on socialization among colleagues, and the consequent implications for knowledge sharing and knowledge management. From the collected responses, a fully positive or negative conclusion about working from home was not possible, nor a clear indication about the efficiency and effectiveness of this working modality. The analysis, instead, highlighted the presence of different but numerically similar groups of people, i.e. those who were not satisfied at all with the experience, those who were very satisfied, and those who were “undecided”. Furthermore, respondents underlined the importance and the difficulty to maintain working contacts and the intense use of communication systems made for this purpose. Lastly, collected opinions on positive and negative aspects of working from home provided some practical suggestions about how to successfully implement this solution.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Working from home during COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and issues

Bolisani

Scarso

Ipsen

et al. 2020

Management &Amp; Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society

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“…This study used application compatibility because most of metaverse platforms are occupied by smartphone applications. And, application use intention is defined as intention to use application (Kwon & Yun, 2010), and continuous use of applications can be seen as the activities to use applications in their works (Kim, 2007).…”

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The Effects of Avatar’s Reality Level on Metaverse Application Compatibility and Use Intention

Lee,

Kim

2023

J. of Law and Sust. Develop.

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Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze metaverse application compatibility and application use intention depending on reality level of avatars and examine moderating effects of avatar-self-image identification and body ratio. Theoretical framework: The Proteus effect is the tendency for people to be affected by their digital representations, such as avatars. The Uncanny Valley effect is a hypothesized relation between an object's degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object. Methodology: To test hypotheses, this study conducted an online and offline mixed survey to 219 respondents. To test validity and reliability of measurement tools, this study did factor analysis and reliability analysis. Hypotheses were tested with t-test and ANOVA analysis. To test mediating effects, it did mediating regression analysis. Results: The findings of data analysis were as follows. First, the lower the reality level of avatars is, the higher the higher metaverse application compatibility gets. Second, the moderating effect of avatar-self image identification was not statistically significant. Third, the moderating effect of avatar body ratio was confirmed. Forth, metaverse application compatibility was found to have positive effect on application use intention. Fifth, the mediating effect of application compatibility on the effect of reality level of avatars on application use intention was confirmed. Research, Practical & Social implications: The findings of this study will be good reference data for production of metaverse platforms using avatars, and scholastic and practical use of avatars. Originality/value: This study is an empirical analysis of outside characteristics of avatars based on Proteus effect and uncanny valley effect.

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