Digital workplaces as a necessity of the modern world

Los lugares de trabajo digitales como una necesidad del mundo moderno

Keywords: digital workplaces, digitization, workplace innovation, working life, improvement of labor activity

Abstract

The article presents the impact of technologies and digitization on different spheres of human life, concentrating on the issues devoted to organization of the working process, workplaces, and workers. The researcher marks the barriers that companies face in terms of implementing digital workplaces and workplace innovation in general. Besides, the author stresses the aspects of adopting the changes connected with digitization and workplace innovation processes that should be taken into account. The paper reveals the results of the International Sociological Survey “Modern Successful Person” regarding engagement into the working process, creative activities of people at their workplaces, and satisfaction of respondents with their professional activities. Moreover, the researcher presents the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents. The author emphasizes the inevitability of transformation from traditional to digital workplaces and stresses the significance of implementing workplace innovation for improvement of labor activity.

Resumen 

El   artículo   analiza   el   impacto   de   las   tecnologías   y   de   la   digitalización   en   diferentes  ámbitos  de  la  vida  humana,  concentrándose  principalmente  en  la  organización  de  los  procesos,  los  lugares   de   trabajo   y   los   trabajadores.   La   investigación   establece   las   barreras   que   enfrentan   las  empresas  en  términos  de  desarrollar  lugares  de  trabajo  digitales  y  fomentar  la  innovación  en  el  lugar  de  trabajo  en  general.  Además,  se  destacan  las  cuestiones  que  deben  tenerse  en  cuenta  en  relación  con  los  cambios  generados  en  el  lugar  de  trabajo  producidos  por  la  digitalización  y  los  procesos  de  innovación.   El   artículo   revela   los   resultados   de   la   Encuesta   internacional   de   sociología   "Modern Successful  Personʺ  cuyo  objetivo  es  conocer  el  grado  de  participación  de  las  personas  en  los  procesos  de  trabajo,  las  actividades  creativas  en  sus  lugares  de  trabajo  y  la  satisfacción  de  los  encuestados  con  sus  actividades  profesionales.  Adicionalmente,  se  presentan  las  características  socio-demográficas  de  los   encuestados.   Los   resultados   enfatizan   la   inevitable   transformación   de   los   lugares   de   trabajo  tradicionales  hacia  contextos  digitales  y  resaltan  la  importancia  de  implementar  la  innovación  en  los  contextos  de  trabajo  para  mejorar  la  actividad  laboral.

Palabras clave: lugares  de  trabajo  digitales,  digitalización,  innovación  en  el  lugar  de  trabajo,  vida  laboral,  mejora  de  la  actividad  laboral.

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir.19-2.2

Author Biography

Elena Kabakova, Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Deputy head of Editorial and Publishing Activity and Science-Information Support Department, postgraduate student

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Published
2019-12-30
How to Cite
Kabakova, E. (2019). Digital workplaces as a necessity of the modern world. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 4(2), 14-24. Retrieved from https://pub.sinnergiak.org/esir/article/view/110
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Research articles