Human Fatigue Evaluation During Smart Working Sessions

Rinaldi, Marta; Caterino, Mario; Manco, Pasquale; Fruggiero, Fabio; Lambiase, Alfredo

doi:10.1002/masy.202000311

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“…On the other hand, it may engender increased work fatigue. It may undermine interpersonal exchanges with peers and supervisors, thus jeopardizing the organizational climate and putting reciprocal exchanges under stress (Mubaroq et al, 2020;Rinaldi et al, 2021). Drawing on these considerations, the article intends to shed light on the manifold implications of SW on meaningfulness at work, providing some food for thought to scholars and practitioners.…”

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Looking for meanings at work: unraveling the implications of smart working on organizational meaningfulness

Palumbo

Flamini

Gnan

et al. 2021

IJOA

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Purpose This study aims to shed light on the ambiguous effects of smart working (SW) on work meaningfulness. On the one hand, SW enables people to benefit from greater work flexibility, advancing individual control over organizational activities. On the other hand, it may impair interpersonal exchanges at work, disrupting job meaningfulness. Hence, the implications of SW on work meaningfulness are investigated through the mediating role of interpersonal exchanges at work. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigate both the direct and indirect effects of SW on employees’ perceived meaningfulness at work. Secondary data come from the sixth European Working Conditions Survey. The study encompasses a sample of 30,932 employees. A mediation model based on ordinary least square regressions and bootstrap sampling is designed to obtain evidence of SW’s implications on meaningfulness at work through the mediating role of interpersonal relationships (IR). Findings The research findings suggest that SW triggers a positive sense of the significance of work. However, it negatively affects IR with peers and supervisors, entailing professional and spatial isolation. Impaired IR twists the positive implications of SW on organizational meaningfulness (OM), curtailing the employees’ sense of significance at work. Practical implications SW is a double-edged sword. It contributes to the enrichment of OM, enhancing the individual self-determination to shape the spatial context of work. However, its side effects on interpersonal exchanges generate a drift toward organizational meaninglessness. Tailored management interventions intended to sustain IR at work are needed to fit the design of SW arrangements to the employees’ evolving social needs. Originality/value The paper pushes forward what is currently known about the implications of SW on OM, examining them through the mediating role of IR at work.

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