'From Work to Life and Back Again: Examining the Digitally-Mediated Work/Life Practices of a Group of Knowledge Workers'. Extracts and summary of the research by: Luigina Ciolfi & Eleanor Lockley (2018)Key quotes from the research:‘ knowledge-inte ...
Stolen Focus – Johann Hari
Johann Hari's book is a summary of three years of research and interviewing specialists in a number of academic areas. The mission of his book is to investigate how technology is changing our ability to focus and pay attention.Over the course of three yea ...
Differing forms of work-family boundary management
'Technology, Work, and Family: Digital Cultural Capital and Boundary Management'. Extracts and a summary of research by: Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, Jerry A. Jacobs, and Nancy P. Rothbard (2019) - (based in Canada and the USA) who set out to develop a fr ...
What role does job control play in adherence to Cyber Security?
'Exploring the Role of Work Identity and Work Locus of Control in Information Security Awareness'. Extracts and summary of the research by: Dr Lee Hadlington, Dr Masa Popovac, Prof. Helge Janicke, Dr Iryna Yevseyeva, Dr Kevin Jones (2019) In her summary ...
Breaking up with social media
In a recent Telegraph article, the claim was made that 'many are choosing to walk away altogether' from social media. Breaking away from social platforms being compared directly to the all-consuming nature of a relationship. Individuals, celebrities, spor ...
Changing social engagements and expectations
Most people get a little frustrated when someone checks their phone in the middle of a conversation. But, most of us do it… on a regular basis.It never used to be socially acceptable to pick something up and start reading it while talking to another. Not ...
Contact with work after hours is linked to family conflict, distress and sleep issues
'Are communications about work outside regular working hours associated with work-to-family conflict, psychological distress and sleep problems?' Extracts and summary of the research by: Scott Schieman and Marisa C. Young (2013)Key quotes from the res ...
Give yourself permission to be bored
Prior to the introduction of the Blackberry and Smartphone, when we stood in queues, waited for a friend at a cafe or travelled on a train, we'd spend time thinking, contemplating, reading, reflecting, planning.... MRI scans on people given tasks to compl ...
The ever-increasing blurring of the boundary between work and home
Prior to the introduction of the Blackberry at the turn of the century, generally for many, when we left the office, our work for the day was done. We spent limited time thinking about work and focussed on doing things we found enjoyable.The Blackberry dr ...
Are there generational differences in expectations of work technology use after hours?
'Technological Tethering, Digital Natives, and Challenges in the Work-Family Interface'. Extracts and summary of the research by: Andrew D. Nevin and Scott Schieman (2020) Key quotes from the research: '...mobile technologies have facilitated the exte ...