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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"Knowledge workers."”.
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Office designing and planning for knowledge workers
… tasks in offices shifted from manual work to knowledge work, which required more concentration and communication than ever before. Responding to this trend, user behavior studies became more emphasized in the office design process – a successful office design should be a holistic system …
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Flexible working: the experiences of women knowledge workers.
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Using Screenshots as a Medium to Support Knowledge Workers' Productivity
… working environments continues to grow. Modern knowledge workers must navigate a diverse array of digital resources, including documents, websites, applications, and other information. This complexity presents challenges in managing multiple activities to maintain productivity, such as handling …
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The hybrid working model and productivity: Perspectives of South African Knowledge workers
… and its effect on productivity for South African knowledge workers. Through the experiences of twelve knowledge workers from different industries, including some who manage teams, the research explored the positive and negative aspects of the HWM and how the research participants navigated these, …
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The Experience Of Knowledge Workers In Remote Environments During The COVID-19 Pandemic
… in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, knowledge workers were forced to vacate their traditional shared office spaces and transition to remote work environments. This unprecedented mass exodus from traditional in-person physical workplaces was facilitated by existing and new software and …
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Understanding the rhythms of email processing strategies in a network of knowledge workers
… have improved the communication effectiveness of knowledge workers, they have also started to negatively impact their productivity. Emails have long been known to provide value to the organization, but the influence of the overwhelming amount of information shared through emails and the …
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Life in the Uncanny Valley: Workplace Issues for Knowledge Workers on the Autism Spectrum
… of their jobs that require deep technical knowledge. However, they struggle with the cognitive and social issues associated with the autism spectrum, such as: concrete thinking; literal information processing; contextual misunderstanding; and social misunderstandings. This qualitative study …
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How do CKWs respond to performance – based incentives? The case of Ugandan Community Knowledge Workers
… analyses the response of agricultural extension workers to incentives generated by a Grameen Foundation-sponsored extension program. The effectiveness of extension services in agricultural development has been a subject of debates over a considerable period. However, it is acknowledged that …
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Understanding Knowledge Workers’ Perspectives on Knowledge Exchange Activities in the Context of Saudi Higher Education Institutions
… analysis. These theories include organisational knowledge creation theory, informed by both Nonaka's and the SECI model, social exchange theory, and intellectual capital theory. The findings indicate that, while the concept of KE and its practice remain unclear within the context of public …
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Reward preferences of knowledge workers in technology firms and their influence on attraction, retention and motivation
… war for talent, companies competing in the new knowledge economy face global shortages of their most precious resource – human capital in the form of knowledge workers. In organisations that are at the forefront of the information age, such as information technology (IT) firms, the competitive …
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How do people manage their documents?: an empirical investigation into personal document management practices among knowledge workers
… management can result in productivity gains for knowledge workers, and since document management is such a common activity, small improvements can deliver large gains. The aim of this research was to understand how people manage their personal document collections and to develop guidelines for …
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Understanding and Predicting Sit-Stand Desk Usage Patterns and Willingness among Knowledge Workers: A Data-Driven Approach
… and forecast sit-stand desk usage among knowledge workers. In Phase 1, we performed an observation study to collect desk height and contextual data from the workers and analyzed the primary factors influencing a worker's willingness to switch postures. Our analysis revealed key contextual …
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Video Use in Virtual Meetings and Employee Job Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Employee Perceived Leadership Style Among Knowledge Workers
… satisfaction among U.S.-based remote and hybrid knowledge workers. In addition, I investigated the moderating role of employee-perceived supervisor leadership style, as defined by the Full Range Leadership Theory (FRLT), on this relationship in remote and hybrid work environments. When cameras …
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D-work innovation : where, when and in which social context do good ideas evolve in the distributed work environment of knowledge workers?
… distributed work. D-work is multi-tasking (workers participate in many projects and teams that often change), multi-locational (work is conducted by people located in different divisions, firms, organizations and time-zones) and mobile (people conduct work while transiting). D-Work changes …
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The Principles of Talent Management; an Investigation into the Validity of a Career Development Strategy as a tool to ensure the Retention of Key Knowledge Workers within International Rectifier Automotive Ltd.
… for improvement in the approach taken with IRWA knowledge workers; the Engineering staff.<br/><br/>The main findings of the research were positive, although identifying a need for a more structured approach to career development. A need for a conscious commitment from the management team to …
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The effect of organisational structure and managerial practices on the clinical behaviour and job satisfaction of primary health care doctors, as knowledge workers, in the managed health care industry in South Africa
The financial crisis in the South African health care industry has forced participants in the industry to look for ways to contain costs. The subsequent deregulation of the private sector has resulted in the introduction and rapid growth of managed health care. This shift to a new paradigm were …
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Understanding talent attraction: perceived attractiveness of financial reward elements
… effective attraction strategies that entice knowledge workers (employees with scarce skills). Consequently, it is important for organisations to understand which elements of the Total Reward Model are perceived as attractive rewards or inducements for knowledge workers to ensure that their …
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Document DNA: Distributed Content-Centered Provenance Data Tracking
… to provenance data tracking: the Document DNA. Knowledge workers are overwhelmed as they find it hard to structure, maintain, and find re-used content within their digital workspace. This issue is aggravated by the growing amount of digital data knowledge workers need to maintain. This thesis …
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Learning Agility at Work: An Investigation of the Concept, the Factors that Influence It and the Outcomes It Fosters
… into learning agility within the context of knowledge workers, focusing on how dispositional and work design factors influence its development and impact on positive work outcomes. Traditional research has primarily centered on leadership, often merging both ability and motivation in …
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