Lecture: Actually off work: How extended accessibility affects recovery, well-being and work commitment

Lecture in the current ITeG lecture series "Digital society - a design task"

The introduction and spread of digital and mobile information and communication technologies (ICT) is having a formative influence on the world of work. It is hard to imagine many workplaces without computers/laptops/tablets, internet access and smartphones. Digital technologies are laying the foundations for a progressive dissolution of the spatial and temporal boundaries of work, significantly changing today's working conditions and influencing the content and organization of work as well as working hours and location. The extended accessibility of employees can be examined from two directions: As accessibility for matters of gainful employment during leisure time and as accessibility during work for matters of family and leisure time. This presentation will address the advantages and disadvantages of work-related accessibility during leisure time, with a particular focus on the role of unfinished tasks, and present research that focuses on the opposite direction - extended availability for family and leisure concerns during paid work.

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Christine Syrek / Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

Further information: http://www.uni-kassel.de/eecs/iteg/veranstaltungen/iteg-ringvorlesung/iteg-ringvorlesung-20192020.html