ISBN:
9789401788540
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 230 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Korunka, Christian, 1959 - The impact of ICT on quality of working life
DDC:
306.36
Keywords:
Quality of work life..
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Information technology ; Social aspects..
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Information technology ; Psychological aspects
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Electronic books
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Neue Medien
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Informationstechnik
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Arbeitsplatz
;
Lebensqualität
Abstract:
This book discusses the impact and effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on quality of working life of employees. It describes the changes and the acceleration of processes caused by the widespread use of ICT in a broad range of working areas and in different national contexts. It explores the important role ICT has come to play in nearly all work places in developed societies and the impact it is starting to have on work places in developing countries. The book brings together experts from the fields of ICT and quality of working life and from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, including sociology, psychology, industrial engineering and macro ergonomics. It discusses the range of current positive and negatives effects as well as the possible increase of both kinds of effects in the future. The final chapter of the book integrates the diverse perspectives of the authors and gives recommendations on how to increase the possible positive outcomes and to diminish negative effects of ICT in an accelerated society.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Communication and Information -- 1.2 Technology and Condensation of Time and Space: Intensification -- 1.3 Intensification and Quality of Working Life -- References -- Chapter 2: Information and Communication Technology and Quality of Working Life: Backgrounds, Facts, and Figures -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Communication Technology -- 2.3 Information Technology -- 2.3.1 Internet Use in Different Countries Around the World -- 2.3.2 Social Media -- 2.4 ICT and Work -- 2.5 ICT and Effects on Quality of Working Life -- 2.5.1 Work Intensity -- 2.5.2 Satisfaction with Working Conditions -- 2.5.3 Stress -- 2.5.4 ICT Work and Family -- 2.6 ICT and Quality of Working Life over Time -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Changing Working Conditions at the Onset of the Twenty-First Century: Facts from International Datasets -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Work Intensification and Rising Job Insecurity: Previous Evidence -- 3.2.1 Work Intensification -- 3.2.2 Rising Job Insecurity -- 3.3 Changing Working Conditions: New Evidence -- 3.3.1 Work Intensification: Changes in Work Pace and Deadline Rush -- 3.3.1.1 Changes in Job Insecurity -- 3.4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 4: From Work-Life to Work-Age Balance? Acceleration, Alienation, and Appropriation at the Workplace -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Social Acceleration -- 4.2.1 Forms of Social Acceleration -- 4.2.1.1 Technological Acceleration -- 4.2.1.2 Acceleration of Social Change -- 4.2.1.3 Acceleration of the Pace of Life -- 4.2.2 The Driving Wheels of Social Acceleration -- 4.2.2.1 The Social Motor: Competition -- 4.2.2.2 The Cultural Motor: Promise of Eternity -- 4.2.2.3 The Acceleration Cycle -- 4.2.3 Acceleration at the Workplace -- 4.2.3.1 The Undeniable Benefits of Speed.
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