BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5@ukais.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T161500 DTSTAMP:20231009T141433Z URL:https://www.ukais.org/events/the-connected-workplace-characteristics-a nd-social-consequences-of-work-surveillance-in-the-age-of-datification-sen sorization-and-artificial-intelligence/ SUMMARY:The connected workplace: Characteristics and social consequences of work surveillance in the age of datification\, sensorization\, and artifi cial intelligence DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nOwing to the Covid-19 pandemic\, millions of peopl e suddenly stopped going to their workplaces and started doing their jobs from home. While this crisis has accelerated the adoption of remote work a nd has forced employees to adapt their working styles\, it had little impa ct on the popularity of and continued insistence on Taylorist management s tyles. Worse yet\, being unable to directly monitor and surveil their empl oyees\, the lockdowns of businesses around the world have highlighted one of the worst fears of managers and administrators: loss of control. Theref ore\, it is no coincidence that we are seeing a surge in new work surveill ance technologies. Promising to make employees happier\, more loyal\, more productive\, collaborative\, and innovative\, tech companies have develop ed highly sophisticated systems\, going beyond simply recording employees ’ digital traces\, such as keyboard strokes\, mouse movements\, or websi te and file histories. Intending to reduce an employee to a comprehensive score\, or to provide instant feedback\, these – what we call – connec ted workplace surveillance solutions scrutinize and integrate unprecedente d amounts of work-related and non-work-related personal data. In my talk\, I will use examples to explain how work surveillance has changed as datif ication\, sensorization\, and artificial intelligence have become more pre valent\, and how "organizational control“ needs to be reinterpreted.\n\n For further information and to register for this seminar with Eventbrite p lease click here\n\nBio:\n\nTobias Mettler is Full Professor of Informati on Management\, at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration\, Un iversity of Lausanne\, Switzerland. His research interests are in the area of digital transformation of governments and society at large. His resear ch revolves around societal issues of fundamental rights\, health\, demogr aphic change\, and wellbeing of citizens. His work has appeared\, amongst other\, in the European Journal of Information Systems\, Decision Support Systems\, Government Information Quarterly\, Information &\; Organizati on\, Information Systems Journal\, and the Journal of Information Technolo gy.\n\n• https://www.unil.ch/idheap/diggov\n• https://orcid.org/0000 -0002-7895-7545\n• https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=cKv0bKQAAAA J&\;hl=en&\;oi=ao\n\nRelevant articles:\n• Mettler\, T. (2023). Th e connected workplace: Characteristics and social consequences of work sur veillance in the age of datification\, sensorization\, and artificial inte lligence. Journal of Information Technology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268 3962231202535\n• Mettler\, T.\, &\; Stepanovic\, S. (2023). Acceptab le nudge strategies to incentivize the use of wearables and physiolytics a t work: A Q-methodology examination. Journal of Information Technology. h ttps://doi.org/10.1177/02683962231173706\n• Mettler T.\, &\; Naous\, D. (2022). Beyond panoptic surveillance: On the ethical dilemmas of the c onnected workplace. Proceedings of the Thirtieth European Conference on In formation Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2022_rp/33/\n• Mettler \, T.\, &\; Wulf\, J. (2019). Physiolytics at the workplace: Affordance s and constraints of wearables use from an employee's perspective. Informa tion Systems Journal\, 29(1)\, 245-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12205 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR