The Digital Workforce and the Workplace of the Future

“These strategies are consistent with current motivation theories (Hackman & Oldham, 1980; Locke & Latham, 2002), but more research is needed to examine how the design and implementation of gamification systems impact motivation, especially over the long term.”

“Again, this is problematic because the mere presence of a cell phone during a face-to-face conversation reduces ratings of closeness, trust, and relationship quality, even when the phone is not used during the conversation (Przybylski & Weinstein, 2013).”

“…for employees; however, responding to emails during nonwork hours reduces the opportunity for psychological detachment, relaxation, and recovery (Sonnentag, Binnewies, & Mojza, 2008), and ultimately may lead to a norm of constant connectivity that reduces the sense of autonomy (Mazmanian,…”

“Finally, as we noted above, technologically mediated communications not only interrupt employees during the work-day, but also follow people home at night, increasing perceptions of stress (Barley et al., 2011), anger, and work – family conflict (Butts et al., 2015).”

“…developments, however, are increasingly providing alternatives to human resources in functions traditionally requiring human interaction and communication (Malik et al., 2019; Luo et al., 2019), thereby changing both the organizational structures and the nature of work (Colbert et al., 2016).”