Abstract
This paper provides a typology of digital work – a popular term still lacking a clear meaning. We show how previous attempts to capture the essence of digital work struggle to provide a meaningful yet comprehensive understanding of what differentiates traditional from digital work. We draw on prior literature to argue that digital work requires three rationales to be fulfilled: process (How?), outcome (What?), and objective (Why?). Based on this, we highlight three variations – digital enabled work, digital engaged work, and digital embedded work. This typology allows us to define digital work more clearly and enables future research to adequately study and theorize digital work. Furthermore, this typology permits considering alternate classifications for activities and actors in work that traditional work conceptualizations fail to include.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
Editors | Tung X. Bui |
Number of pages | 10 |
Place of Publication | Honolulu |
Publisher | Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) |
Publication date | 2023 |
Pages | 4588-4597 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780998133164 |
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Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Event | The 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. HICSS 2023 - Lahaina, United States Duration: 3 Jan 2023 → 6 Jan 2023 Conference number: 56 https://hicss.hawaii.edu/ |
Conference
Conference | The 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. HICSS 2023 |
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Number | 56 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Lahaina |
Period | 03/01/2023 → 06/01/2023 |
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Series | Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
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ISSN | 1060-3425 |
Keywords
- Digital work
- Typology
- Conceptual discussion
- Digital embedded work
- Digital enabled work
- Digital engaged work