DigitAgile: The Office in a Mobile Device. Threats and Opportunities for Workers and Companies

Albano, Roberto; Bertolini, Sônia Maria Marques Gomes; Curzi, Ylenia; Fabbri, Tommaso; Parisi, Tania

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77329-2_10

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“…In sum, SW is a particular form of employment that does not involve […] precise constraints on time or location of work and with the use of technological tools in the workers’ duties and activities (Angelici and Profeta, 2020, p. 5). It can be fulfilled in different contexts, such as public spaces, client premises, the employees’ homes and even transportation means (Albano et al , 2018).…”

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Looking for meanings at work: unraveling the implications of smart working on organizational meaningfulness

Palumbo

Flamini

Gnan

et al. 2021

IJOA

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Purpose This study aims to shed light on the ambiguous effects of smart working (SW) on work meaningfulness. On the one hand, SW enables people to benefit from greater work flexibility, advancing individual control over organizational activities. On the other hand, it may impair interpersonal exchanges at work, disrupting job meaningfulness. Hence, the implications of SW on work meaningfulness are investigated through the mediating role of interpersonal exchanges at work. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigate both the direct and indirect effects of SW on employees’ perceived meaningfulness at work. Secondary data come from the sixth European Working Conditions Survey. The study encompasses a sample of 30,932 employees. A mediation model based on ordinary least square regressions and bootstrap sampling is designed to obtain evidence of SW’s implications on meaningfulness at work through the mediating role of interpersonal relationships (IR). Findings The research findings suggest that SW triggers a positive sense of the significance of work. However, it negatively affects IR with peers and supervisors, entailing professional and spatial isolation. Impaired IR twists the positive implications of SW on organizational meaningfulness (OM), curtailing the employees’ sense of significance at work. Practical implications SW is a double-edged sword. It contributes to the enrichment of OM, enhancing the individual self-determination to shape the spatial context of work. However, its side effects on interpersonal exchanges generate a drift toward organizational meaninglessness. Tailored management interventions intended to sustain IR at work are needed to fit the design of SW arrangements to the employees’ evolving social needs. Originality/value The paper pushes forward what is currently known about the implications of SW on OM, examining them through the mediating role of IR at work.

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Section: Conceptual Background and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking for meanings at work: unraveling the implications of smart working on organizational meaningfulness

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Flamini

Gnan

et al. 2021

IJOA

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Work in Transition: Digital Media and Its Transformative Potential for Work

Roth-Ebner

2022

Media and Change Management

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Lavoro agile tra rottura del vincolo spaziale e ricerca di una nuova dimensione del luogo di lavoro

Dazzi¹

2021

Economia E Società Regionale

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Il procedere incerto della legislazione e della contrattazione tra un orientamento welfaristico e organizzativistico del lavoro agile rischia di produrre una dis-locazione della prestazione del lavoro senza una ridefinizione organizzata delle relazioni di lavoro. La remotizzazione del la-voro al di fuori di un ridisegno dell'organizzazione del lavoro rischia di contraddire le prero-gative legislative del lavoro agile di autonomia, produttività e conciliazione e di entrare in con-correnza con alcune traiettorie della digitalizzazione del mercato del lavoro. Se le relazioni di lavoro travalicano i confini aziendali, anche le parti sociali, e il sindacato in primo luogo, han-no bisogno di costruire politiche organizzative e contrattuali che sappiano andare oltre il solo perimetro aziendale.

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DigitAgile: The Office in a Mobile Device. Threats and Opportunities for Workers and Companies

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Looking for meanings at work: unraveling the implications of smart working on organizational meaningfulness

Looking for meanings at work: unraveling the implications of smart working on organizational meaningfulness

Work in Transition: Digital Media and Its Transformative Potential for Work

Lavoro agile tra rottura del vincolo spaziale e ricerca di una nuova dimensione del luogo di lavoro

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