Digital workplaces as a necessity of the modern world
Los lugares de trabajo digitales como una necesidad del mundo moderno
Keywords:
digital workplaces, digitization, workplace innovation, working life, improvement of labor activityAbstract
The article presents the impact of technologies and digitization on different spheres of human life, concentrating on the issues devoted to organization of the working process, workplaces, and workers. The researcher marks the barriers that companies face in terms of implementing digital workplaces and workplace innovation in general. Besides, the author stresses the aspects of adopting the changes connected with digitization and workplace innovation processes that should be taken into account. The paper reveals the results of the International Sociological Survey “Modern Successful Person” regarding engagement into the working process, creative activities of people at their workplaces, and satisfaction of respondents with their professional activities. Moreover, the researcher presents the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents. The author emphasizes the inevitability of transformation from traditional to digital workplaces and stresses the significance of implementing workplace innovation for improvement of labor activity.
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El artículo analiza el impacto de las tecnologías y de la digitalización en diferentes ámbitos de la vida humana, concentrándose principalmente en la organización de los procesos, los lugares de trabajo y los trabajadores. La investigación establece las barreras que enfrentan las empresas en términos de desarrollar lugares de trabajo digitales y fomentar la innovación en el lugar de trabajo en general. Además, se destacan las cuestiones que deben tenerse en cuenta en relación con los cambios generados en el lugar de trabajo producidos por la digitalización y los procesos de innovación. El artículo revela los resultados de la Encuesta internacional de sociología "Modern Successful Personʺ cuyo objetivo es conocer el grado de participación de las personas en los procesos de trabajo, las actividades creativas en sus lugares de trabajo y la satisfacción de los encuestados con sus actividades profesionales. Adicionalmente, se presentan las características socio-demográficas de los encuestados. Los resultados enfatizan la inevitable transformación de los lugares de trabajo tradicionales hacia contextos digitales y resaltan la importancia de implementar la innovación en los contextos de trabajo para mejorar la actividad laboral.
Palabras clave: lugares de trabajo digitales, digitalización, innovación en el lugar de trabajo, vida laboral, mejora de la actividad laboral.
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