The Sociomaterial Negotiation of Social Entrepreneurs’ Meaningful Work

Symon, Gillian; Whiting, Rebecca

doi:10.1111/joms.12421

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“…The OWs are disciplined through thinking that flexible working is a benefit or privilege rather than a right (Bathini and Kandathil, 2019). The SEs are disciplined by their self-employed status where digi-housekeeping is the inevitable price of achieving constant connectivity with those whom they seek to engage (Symon and Whiting, 2019) and also the inevitable price of choosing a more autonomous style of working (as encouraged by various UK employment policies). The USs are disciplined into a certain way of working that already encapsulates digi-housekeeping as a given and a matter of individual responsibility, as well as by norms of employability (Handley, 2018).…”

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Digi-Housekeeping: The Invisible Work of Flexibility

Whiting

Symon

2020

Work, Employment and Society

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From an analysis of everyday practices of flexible working captured in video diaries, a form of pervasive but invisible support work is identified and presented. Labelled ‘digi-housekeeping’, this is work that is required to maintain the digital tools that enable flexible working, and incorporates the tasks of clearing, sorting, preparing, provisioning and troubleshooting. Through the sociocultural processes of responsibilization, personalization and work extension, interpreted here as emblematic of wider neoliberal contemporary work arrangements, digi-housekeeping is devalued and made invisible, characterizing these tasks as not ‘real’ work. Classifying these tasks as not ‘real’ work is a new kind of boundary work that supports the continuing displacement of work activities onto individual workers. It is argued that such tasks need to be made visible in order to address feelings of work intensification.

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Digi-Housekeeping: The Invisible Work of Flexibility

Whiting

Symon

2020

Work, Employment and Society

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“…What twist and turn will take the industry 4.0 is still a contested debate to which authors are not able to give a sufficient answer. However, all the contributions analysed sustained and promoted a positive point of view with which human-interaction technology is seen as an opportunity for workers to develop new job profile and knowledge as well as to invest in interpersonal relations and personal development (Symon & Whiting 2019).…”

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A Systematic Scoping Review on Skills Variety for Vet in the Industry 4.0

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Franceschinis²,

Perini³

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Education and New Developments 2020

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In the wake of the 4th industrial revolution, the prospects about new jobs and workers' skills, and competence appear to be uncertain. There is a large agreement about the view of the current revolution as characterized by an embedded exponential evolution which will affect the labor transformation as well as future workers' curriculum. Therefore, researchers and practitioners in the field of vocational and educational training (VET) are questioning about which skills and abilities will be the core of the third-millennium jobs 'profiles. Accordingly, the present poster intends to present the results of a systematic scoping review in order to offer a knowledge-based description of VET in the 4.0 industry. By the use of this method among three main databases, the contribution purposes a synthesis of n=13 items by which three classes of competences emerged, namely, scientific-, transversal-competences, and technical skills. All of these classes resulted to be relevant for the futuristic workers to compete in the diverse, and plural world of the 4th revolution of work. Moreover, the present paper offers possible applied implications in VET sectors of training and development as well as a forward perspective for human resources management.

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“…Digital technology has broken down barriers at the individual level, transforming university academics in digital entrepreneurs and changing how the users of digital technology present their cultural perceptions and personal preferences (Luckman, 2008 ), allowing these users to become entrepreneurs (Schiavone et al, 2019 ). In addition, the commercialization of blogs and/or social media (McIntyre, 2020 ) make work different and significant (Symon & Whiting, 2019 ).…”

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Digital transformation shaping structural pillars for academic entrepreneurship: A framework proposal and research agenda

2021

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Digital technology always accelerates change, altering organisations culturally, socially and technically. These modifications are known as “digital transformation” (DT). On a much greater scale than DT, the world was changed in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, which re-organised society in the way of thinking, acting, producing, consuming and creating new business. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) were no different, since these institutions had to make changes to the student–lecturer interaction; teaching–learning, where DT had a relevant role, above all in academic entrepreneurship. Therefore, this study aims to propose a framework showing the structural pillars of the link between digital transformation (DT) and academic entrepreneurship (AC) (DT-AC Framework). This framework identifies the new patterns, methods, skills and other discoveries in aspects such as management, information systems and culture sciences. The intention is not to analyse how the COVID-19 pandemic imposed global structural changes, but because of it, lecturers and students found their DT accelerated and intensified, and so it is necessary to investigate the pillars supporting academic entrepreneurship. The results show that DT was already emerging as a basic element of academic entrepreneurship before the pandemic, but the process has speeded up. This bibliometric study indicates the structural pillars that support entrepreneurship following the Covid19 pandemic, as created from DT in universities, providing an extensive systematic review that indicates the cause and effect of the academic entrepreneurship process.

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The Sociomaterial Negotiation of Social Entrepreneurs’ Meaningful Work

Cited by 42 publications

References 63 publications

Digi-Housekeeping: The Invisible Work of Flexibility

Digi-Housekeeping: The Invisible Work of Flexibility

A Systematic Scoping Review on Skills Variety for Vet in the Industry 4.0

Digital transformation shaping structural pillars for academic entrepreneurship: A framework proposal and research agenda

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