Exploring the impact of information and communication technology on employees’ work and personal lives

Wet, Wihan De; Koekemoer, Eileen; Nel, Jan Alewyn

doi:10.4102/sajip.v42i1.1330

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“…This extends understanding to the growing body of empirical work in South Africa focusing on the role of ICTs in South Africa (De Wet et al, 2016;Erasmus et al, 2015) and uniquely with social media usage. Practically, organisations can emphasise the communication capability as argued by the WSMUF to improve not only communication processes but also channels through which information is shared.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Firstly, there is a growing body of empirical work paying attention to the role of ICTs within the South African workplace (e.g. Chinyamurindi & Louw, 2010;De Wet, Koekemoer & Nel, 2016;Erasmus, Rothmann & Van Eeden, 2015). However, within this growing body of work, scant attention is given to social media usage within the workplace.…”

Section: Social Media Usage and Behavioural Intention To Usementioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors influencing the intention to use social media for work-related purposes at a South African higher education institution

Cilliers

Chinyamurindi

Viljoen

2017

SA j. hum. resour. manag.

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Orientation: The rapid development of information communication technology (ICT) has changed much of contemporary society. ICT’s influence extends to the working context with ramifications not only for employees but also for the entire organisation.Research purpose: The primary purpose of this research was to investigate the behavioural intention of a sample of employees at a traditional higher education institution to make use of social media within the workplace.Motivation for the study: Social media has become a common tool within society for communication and networking purposes. An understanding of the factors that influence behavioural intention to use social media within the workplace can assist the organisation to better manage social media usage within the workplace.Research design, approach and method: The research adopted the positivism paradigm with a quantitative research approach. The data were analysed making use of exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis. A traditional higher education institution was chosen as the research site for the study, relying on a convenience sample (n = 134) and data gathered using the work-related social media scale and behavioural intention to use scale.Main findings: Although most employees make use of social media for problem-solving and communication purposes already in the workplace, organisations should allow their employees to help manage their reputation on social media.Practical and managerial implications: An understanding of the factors that influence behavioural intention to use social media within the workplace can serve as a useful precursor for both employee and organisational-specific interventions. This study has specific relevance to the use of ICT platforms, such as social media, in traditional higher education institutions in South Africa. The study’s results are therefore useful to both employees as end-users and managers as drivers of such interventions in the workplace.Contribution: This study is one of the first within a South African work context to investigate social media usage in a traditional higher education institution and proposes a workplace social media usage framework (WSMUF) that helps not only employees but also the entire organisation to predict intention to use social media in the workplace.

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Section: Outline Of the Findingsmentioning

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Section: Social Media Usage and Behavioural Intention To Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Factors influencing the intention to use social media for work-related purposes at a South African higher education institution

Cilliers

Chinyamurindi

Viljoen

2017

SA j. hum. resour. manag.

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“…Knowledge worker growth rate = Knowledge workers × Knowledge worker growth rate fraction, (2) Attrition rate = Knowledge workers × Attrition rate fraction. Figure 2 shows the conceptual SD sub model for the housing in the city.…”

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“…Information technology (IT) is increasingly influencing every aspect of the human life and functions of cities across the world. Particularly, it is progressively influencing the socio-economic and spatial development of cities [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] For example, in the last two decades, several cities from the developing world such as India and China have acquired large scale IT industry-based economic activities. In the process, they have become predominantly IT industrial economy-oriented cities, while continuing with their traditional manufacturing industrial or service-oriented economy.…”

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“…According to scholars, the IT industry can bring economic opportunities, in terms of employment opportunities, earnings from both domestic market and exports, domestic and foreign investment [1,[8][9][10][11][12]. Further, location of the IT industry in a city impacts the land use patterns, city skylines, travel behavior of people, social interactions, and environment [2,[13][14][15]. It also causes the expansion of urban areas, decentralization of location of functions, and the amalgamation of adjoining rural areas to cities, which influence the growth and change in urban systems [6,[14][15][16].…”

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Exploring Perspectives of the Information Technology Industry in a South African City

Das

2019

Sustainability

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The information technology (IT) industry has come to the forefront for economic development of several cities in developing countries such as India and China. Looking at the success of the IT industry in these countries, an argument has emerged that development of such industry in South African cities can revitalize their economy. Therefore, the study examined the potential of development of the IT industry in a South African city by using the case study of a largely service-oriented city—Bloemfontein. A survey research method and system dynamics modeling approach were used. Findings suggest that the city has the potential to emerge as an IT industrial city, however, there exist challenges with regards to infrastructure such as housing, built up space, energy, and attracting the knowledge workers to the city. Appropriate policy interventions to reinforce these infrastructures, which can assist to attract the knowledge workers, will enable enhancement in the earning from the IT industry. Also, the development of the IT industry will strengthen the housing and built up infrastructure for the IT industry as well as enhance the number of knowledge workers in the city.

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IT Solutions in Organizations

Tworek

2019

Aligning IT and Business

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Exploring the impact of information and communication technology on employees’ work and personal lives

Cited by 42 publications

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Factors influencing the intention to use social media for work-related purposes at a South African higher education institution

Factors influencing the intention to use social media for work-related purposes at a South African higher education institution

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