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Stein, Mari-Klara, Wagner, Erica L., Tierney, Pamela, Newell, Susan and Galliers, Robert D. (2019) Datification and the pursuit of meaningfulness in work. Journal of Management Studies, 56 (3). pp. 685-717. doi:10.1111/joms.12409 ISSN 0022-2380.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12409
Abstract
Proliferation of digital means of tracking worker activities has contributed to the rise of data-driven approaches to managing people, with employees often required to record their activities for accountability purposes. Increased requirement for such datification work occurs at a juncture where meaningfulness is one of the most sought-after work features. Datification work could both facilitate and hinder the pursuit of meaningfulness, yet literature provides little guidance into the nature of the connection and how it transpires. Our inductive study of academic professionals using an accountability system suggests that datification work characteristics link to meaningful work experiences in complex ways. We advance current theory on work meaningfulness by theorizing the role of a new work condition – datification – in meaningfulness experiences of professionals, outlining how system design and the institutional context become important elements influencing meaningful work experiences, and explaining how meaningfulness experiences are constructed through system appropriations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Professional employees, Job satisfaction, Data logging | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Management Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-2380 | ||||||||
Official Date: | May 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 56 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 685-717 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/joms.12409 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Stein, M. , Wagner, E. L., Tierney, P. , Newell, S. and Galliers, R. D. (2018), Datification and the Pursuit of Meaningfulness in Work. Jour. of Manage. Stud.. Accepted Author Manuscript. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12409 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Description: | Special Issue: Meaningful Work: Prospects for the 21st Century |
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Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 September 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 September 2020 | ||||||||
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