Response to Emotions and Automation in a High-Tech Workplace: a Commentary

Ley, Madelaine

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“…To address the above question, theorists like Nyholm and Smids ( 2020 ) have sought to offer arguments on how robots and high-level intelligent systems can be considered colleagues. Nyholm and Smids ( 2020 ) contend that, given the high performances of robots, especially when interacting with their human counterparts in the workplace and their behavioural patterns to help humans, it follows that they can be called colleagues (2019:2179; Ley, 2023 ). They argue that the current designs of robots are equipped with the capacity to support humans in different ways.…”

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Rethinking Remote Work, Automated Technologies, Meaningful Work and the Future of Work: Making a Case for Relationality

Ugar

2023

Philos. Technol.

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Remote work, understood here as a working environment different from the traditional office working space, is a phenomenon that has existed for many years. In the past, workers voluntarily opted, when they were allowed to, to work remotely rather than commuting to their traditional work environment. However, with the emergence of the global pandemic (corona virus-COVID-19), people were forced to work remotely to mitigate the spread of the virus. Consequently, researchers have identified some benefits and adverse effects of remote work, especially in the age of COVID-19, ranging from flexible time and environment to technostress and isolation. In this paper, using a phenomenological approach, specifically, the sub-Saharan African experiences, I contend that remote work in the age of advanced technologies has obscured the value of relationality due to the problem of isolation in sub-Saharan African workplaces. For sub-Saharan Africans, relationality is a prerequisite moral value to becoming a person. In addition, relationality contributes to meaningfulness in the workspace. Obscuring the value of relationality in the aforementioned locale leads to meaninglessness in the workspace. Furthermore, this paper contributes to the existing literature on meaningful work by critically showing the importance of the value of relationality as a key element that adds meaning to work in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Rethinking Remote Work, Automated Technologies, Meaningful Work and the Future of Work: Making a Case for Relationality

Ugar

2023

Philos. Technol.

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Response to Emotions and Automation in a High-Tech Workplace: a Commentary

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Rethinking Remote Work, Automated Technologies, Meaningful Work and the Future of Work: Making a Case for Relationality

Rethinking Remote Work, Automated Technologies, Meaningful Work and the Future of Work: Making a Case for Relationality

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