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New work-related blog research
A new research article by Abigail Schoneboom on work-related blogs has just come out.
It has been published in the New Technology, Work and Employment journal.
It is entitled: Sleeping giants? Fired workbloggers and labour organisation.
The abstract reads as follows:
This paper argues that the Waterstone's fired blogger incident performed a labour organising function in terms of garnering pro-labour media attention and encouraging critical discourse.
Looking at the blog's distinctive features and evolution, it evaluates the strengths, limitations and potential for recurrence of similar high-profile incidents.
For more details click here.
It has been published in the New Technology, Work and Employment journal.
It is entitled: Sleeping giants? Fired workbloggers and labour organisation.
The abstract reads as follows:
This paper argues that the Waterstone's fired blogger incident performed a labour organising function in terms of garnering pro-labour media attention and encouraging critical discourse.
Looking at the blog's distinctive features and evolution, it evaluates the strengths, limitations and potential for recurrence of similar high-profile incidents.
For more details click here.
HR practioners and Web 2.0
I've just come across a research report that looks at whether HR professionals have grasped opportunities afforded by Web 2.0 technologies, such as social networking forums.
For more details see Conversations at your fingertips by CHA.
For more details see Conversations at your fingertips by CHA.
New book on Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and Web X.o
It's finally arrived!It's called the Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications (IGI Global) and edited by San Murugesan of Multimedia University, Malaysia & University of Western Sydney, Australia.
The Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications is a comprehensive reference source on next-generation Web technologies and their applications.
This in-depth collection covers the latest aspects and applications of Web technologies including the emergence of virtual reality commerce systems, the importance of social bookmarking, cross-language data retrieval, image searching, cutting-edge Web security technologies, and innovative healthcare and finance applications on the Web.
Examining the social, cultural, and ethical issues these applications present, this Handbook of Research discusses real-world examples and case studies valuable to academicians, researchers, and practitioners.
My chapter is number 49 - How employees can leverage Web 2.0 in new ways to reflect on employment and employers.
For far more details click here.
Does sexism pay?
I was struck by really interesting article published on the BBC News website the other day that "men who grow up thinking women should stay at home...could end up well ahead in the salary stakes."
The findings are based on recently published research article where the main conclusion is that 'traditional' men will consistently out-earn more 'modern-thinking' men.
So, how does this happen?
Well, two theories are put forward to explain this phenomenon...
1) More traditionally-minded men are interested in power, both in terms of access to resources - money in this case - and also in terms of a woman who is submissive.
2) Employers are more likely to promote men who are the sole earner in preference to those who do not - they recognise that they need more support for their families, because they are the breadwinner.
Discuss!
See Men with sexist views 'earn more' for more details.
The findings are based on recently published research article where the main conclusion is that 'traditional' men will consistently out-earn more 'modern-thinking' men.
So, how does this happen?
Well, two theories are put forward to explain this phenomenon...
1) More traditionally-minded men are interested in power, both in terms of access to resources - money in this case - and also in terms of a woman who is submissive.
2) Employers are more likely to promote men who are the sole earner in preference to those who do not - they recognise that they need more support for their families, because they are the breadwinner.
Discuss!
See Men with sexist views 'earn more' for more details.
New research paper on employee use of Web 2.0 communication technology
I've just finished a rough draft of a paper I will presenting at a conference later this week.
I'm making it available on my blog in the hope that it some might read it and offer me their opinions on my ideas.
The paper is similar to the one I wrote earlier this year on work blogging, which went through a similar reviewing process, and is now being reviewed for an academic journal.
In as few words as possible, the paper is about employees increasingly pursuing their employment-related interests through Web 2.0 communication technology, e.g. career development and job search, e-activism, e-misbehaviour, and when at work doing what workers are supposed to do!
It is called - Workers are doing it for themselves: Examining creative employee application of Web 2.0 communication technology - and available for download here.
The abstract of the paper is as follows:
The paper should be of interest to academics, trade unionists, employers and governmental officials who have an interest in new forms of Web communication technology and how new Web communication technologies may affect the future direction of industrial relations.
The main foci of the paper is Web 2.0, or the recent transformation of the World-Wide-Web to allow ordinary people to get involved in creating on-line content (e.g. blogs, wikis and social networking platforms), and, increasing evidence that non-organized workers are applying this new wave of communication technologies for work and employment-related ends.
It is put forward that non-organized workers are progressively making more use of such technology as a means to develop their careers, take action against employers, and, as a mean to misbehave and survive work.
The method applied to assess the proposed trends involves reviewing scholarly research, anecdotal accounts of worker activity from newspapers, and observations of Internet activity noted by the author of the paper.
The conclusions suggest there is superficial, yet strong evidence to suggest workers are increasingly experimenting and being highly creative with Web 2.0 communication technology, for a range of work and employment-related ends.
Due to the newness of the technology, however, the results generate far more unknowns than answers.
Guidance for future research activities are summarised in the conclusions.
Like I said before, the this is an early draft and will probably be modified several times once the many reviewing processes take place.
I'm making it available on my blog in the hope that it some might read it and offer me their opinions on my ideas.
The paper is similar to the one I wrote earlier this year on work blogging, which went through a similar reviewing process, and is now being reviewed for an academic journal.
In as few words as possible, the paper is about employees increasingly pursuing their employment-related interests through Web 2.0 communication technology, e.g. career development and job search, e-activism, e-misbehaviour, and when at work doing what workers are supposed to do!
It is called - Workers are doing it for themselves: Examining creative employee application of Web 2.0 communication technology - and available for download here.
The abstract of the paper is as follows:
The paper should be of interest to academics, trade unionists, employers and governmental officials who have an interest in new forms of Web communication technology and how new Web communication technologies may affect the future direction of industrial relations.
The main foci of the paper is Web 2.0, or the recent transformation of the World-Wide-Web to allow ordinary people to get involved in creating on-line content (e.g. blogs, wikis and social networking platforms), and, increasing evidence that non-organized workers are applying this new wave of communication technologies for work and employment-related ends.
It is put forward that non-organized workers are progressively making more use of such technology as a means to develop their careers, take action against employers, and, as a mean to misbehave and survive work.
The method applied to assess the proposed trends involves reviewing scholarly research, anecdotal accounts of worker activity from newspapers, and observations of Internet activity noted by the author of the paper.
The conclusions suggest there is superficial, yet strong evidence to suggest workers are increasingly experimenting and being highly creative with Web 2.0 communication technology, for a range of work and employment-related ends.
Due to the newness of the technology, however, the results generate far more unknowns than answers.
Guidance for future research activities are summarised in the conclusions.
Like I said before, the this is an early draft and will probably be modified several times once the many reviewing processes take place.
