New Ways Of Working Research Articles

Pause But Not Panic: Exploring COVID-19 as a Critical Incident for Nonprofit Workers

Critical incidents often have significant impacts on workers, sometimes causing disruptions to career pathways and a re-evaluation of past career decisions. This article seeks to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nonprofit workers and their commitment to the sector using a critical incidents lens. In-depth interviews with nonprofit workers provided insights on the pandemic’s impact on workers’ personal and professional lives and how they made sense of these. Changes to work including flexibility and work-from-home options were often viewed positively, yet workers expressed a loss of connection with their colleagues, mental health and well-being challenges, as well as challenges to adapt to new ways of working. In making sense of these changes, commitment to the sector was mostly sustained; however, respondents also noted a shift in priorities and expressed a desire for better balance between their personal and professional lives.

Exploring time, space and new ways of working: a conversation with ChatGPT

Exploring time, space and new ways of working: a conversation with ChatGPT

Prominent Value of Mindfulness for Coping Up with Job Related Stress of Employees who Work in The Finance Sector During the Covid-19

COVID-19 virus has totally crushed and changed the lives of billions of people in the world. It has arisen as a major epidemiological, economic, and global health crisis (Roychowdhury, 2020). Moreover, the pandemic has infected 232,075,351 individuals and claimed the lives of 4,752,988 people (World Health Organization, 2020). So far, the economic burden of COVID-19 has been estimated to cost between $5.8 and $8.8 trillion (Dennis, 2020), which is expected to plunge most countries into recession (World Bank, 2020). This global pandemic changed the way people live and work before and it triggered one of the worst jobs crises since the great depression (https://www.oecd.org/employment/covid-19.htm) and this crisis was an upsurge of stress in different ways to people who work in various occupations around the world. There has been a significant spike in demand for mindfulness programming since the start of the pandemic (Harrison, P.J., 8 January, 2021). Number of researchers have indicated that introducing mindfulness meditation practice during this pandemic has the potential to complement treatment and is a low-cost beneficial method of providing support with anxiety for all. (Behan, C., 14 May 2020). Mindfulness is the psychological process of purposely bringing one’s attention to experiences occurring in the present moment without judgment which one can develop through the practice of meditation and through other training. (Kabat-Zinn, J., 2013). Many scholarly articles for mindfulness research in the finance sector in covid-19 have highlighted the benefits of meditation and mindfulness practices (‎Behan, C., 2020 May 14). COVID-19 was changed the way people work in Sri Lanka. With lockdown travel restrictions, minimum staff, distant work, and social distance becoming the new rules. In many organizations, these new ways of working were raising challenges and distresses. But In Sri Lankan context, there is yet less research on mindfulness based intervention for addressing the job related stress during the COVID-19 epidemic. Hence, this paper focuses on mindfulness practice as a potential strategy to reduce the stress experienced by the employees who worked in the finance sector during the pandemic.

The Future of INCOG (Is Now).

The Future of INCOG (Is Now).

An overview of the challenges and key initiatives in hepatology practice in the UK in 2022: a cautionary tale, but reasons for optimism – British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL) Annual Meeting 2022 Conference Report

The mortality and working years lost from liver cirrhosis present a significant challenge both in the UK and globally. The recent British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL) annual meeting highlighted the inequities present across the UK in terms of the burden of liver disease and access to specialist services. Innovative new ways of working and novel technologies are needed to address the growing demands of the specialty, while bearing in mind the need for sustainable and patient-focused interventions.

Digital microscopy: A routine mandate in future? A leaf out of Covid-19 pandemic laboratory experience.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out lot of changes among the way people and organisations function. It has also reduced social gatherings and hence social relations considerably, forcing people to adjust to new ways of work and life. An outstanding difference between the current COVID-19 pandemic and previous epidemics or pandemics is the increased availability and use of technology currently, which has been validated by various reports from across the globe. Thus, even with the ensuing pandemic, lockdown and decreased social gatherings, with the technology support we have devised ways to keep in contact with friends, family and work place, so as to continue our lives. Social distancing guidelines and regulations have put pressure on a great many organisations to find new ways of keeping employees and students connected while working remotely. For more deskbound occupations and roles, this can be relatively straightforward, but it is challenging if not impossible for lab-based quality control, research and study. The answer to this is digital remote microscopy which enables sharing of data online, carrying out collaborative work through multi-viewing in real time and facilitates remote training functions.

The Future of Cloud Computing: Benefits and Challenges

The purpose of this paper is to provide a better knowledge of the cloud computing as well as to suggest relevant research paths in this growing field. Also, we will go through the future benefits of cloud computing and the upcoming possible challenges we will have. Intext Cloud, performance, cloud computing, architecture, scale-up, and big data are all terms used in this context. Cloud computing offers a wide range of architectural configurations, including the number of processors, memory, and nodes. Cloud computing has already changed the way we store, process, and access data, and it is expected to continue to have a significant impact on the future of information technology. Cloud computing enables organizations to scale their IT resources up or down quickly and easily, without the need for costly hardware upgrades. This can help organizations to respond more quickly to changing business needs and market conditions. By moving IT resources to the cloud, organizations can reduce their IT infrastructure costs and improve their operational efficiency. Cloud computing also allows organizations to pay only for the resources they use, rather than investing in expensive hardware and software licenses. Cloud providers invest heavily in security and compliance measures, which can help to protect organizations from cyber threats and ensure regulatory compliance. Cloud computing provides a scalable platform for AI and machine learning applications, enabling organizations to build and deploy these technologies more easily and cost-effectively. A task, an application, and its input can take up to 20 times longer or cost 10 times more than optimal. Cloud products’ ready adaptability has resulted in a paradigm change. Previously, an application was optimized for a specific cluster; however, in the cloud, the architectural configuration is tuned for the workload. The evolution of cloud computing from the era of mainframes and dumb terminals has been significant, but there are still many advancements to come. As we look towards the future, IT leaders and the companies they serve will face increasingly complex challenges in order to stay competitive in a constantly evolving cloud computing landscape. Additionally, it will be crucial to remain compliant with existing regulations as well as new regulations that may emerge in the future. It is safe to say that the next decade of cloud computing will be just as dramatic as the last where many internet services are becoming cloud-based, and huge enterprises will struggle to fund physical infrastructure. Cloud computing is significantly used in business innovation and because of its agility and adaptability, cloud technology enables new ways of working, operating, and running a business. The service enables users to access files and applications stored in the cloud from anywhere, removing the requirement for users to be always physically close to actual hardware. Cloud computing makes the connection available from anywhere because they are kept on a network of hosted computers that carry data over the internet. Cloud computing has shown to be advantageous to both consumers and corporations. To be more specific, the cloud has altered our way of life. Overall, cloud computing is likely to continue to play a significant role in the future of IT, enabling organizations to become more agile, efficient, and innovative in the face of rapid technological change. This is likely to drive further innovation in AI and machine learning in the coming years.

Comparative study on remote work regulation in public administration in Romania and France

Remote working is a topic that has gained momentum in recent years in both the private and public sectors. Even if this concept was not new in the private sector, policies to implement telework have been accelerated in all fields in the context of the epidemiological crisis caused by the SARS- COV-2 virus. The year 2020 has thus therefore brought about a paradigm shift in the global economy in terms of the way employees work, with the effects also visible in public administrations around the world. Remote working, also known as telework, has both advantages and disadvantages. While in the private sector each employer is free to develop its their own policies on telework, public administrations have had to regulate the concept in order to prevent possible negative effects and to ensure fairness, balance and unity across all their bodies. Adapting to new ways of working has been a priority in countries such as France, and the similarity of the administrative systems in the two countries creates the necessary prerequisites for a comparative study based on content analysis. The subject of telework in the public sector is also important from a human rights perspective, as the issue of differential treatment and benefits for employees in the private sector compared to the public sector has been raised, which could also lead to reluctanceto take up positions in public administration.

워케이션 환경을 고려한 업무공간 디자인 방향성 제안

Workcation is a compound word of work and vacation, and is a new concept of smart work, a flexible work type that goes beyond simple remote work. It is a combination of work and rest by using IT infrastructure in a vacation place. It removes restrictions on working hours and places and seeks to harmonize work and personal life, improve individual creativity, and productivity at the organizational level through autonomous work methods. This means a new way of working. In order to establish itself as a work/rest method of a new paradigm that is sustainable even after the “with corona era”, the development of a space model specialized for worcation is also required. Interest in worcation is increasing, but in-depth research on worcation space is still incomplete. Therefore, this study aims to examine the rapidly changing social structure, work type, and work space, and suggest the direction of work space planning for worcation environment, a newly emerged work type. This study examines the current status of work space in the work environment through recent cases of work, a newly emerging work method, and seeks future design directions. The implications and characteristics of worcation workplace found through literature review, domestic and foreign cases, and experience research are as follows. There is still a general perception that worcation is another tourism product, and there is a difference between the long-term stay type tourism products lacking. This is due to the lack of consideration for the work environment and the lack of expertise in operation, especially in the case of the type operated by local governments rather than companies, lack of expertise in the work environmental infrastructure. In the potential consumers’ survey, work-friendly infrastructure was found to be a common success factor for workplaces by type, but there is no design guideline for systematic planning, so it is necessary to have a personal workstation at the level of a shared office first. In future research, it will be necessary to classify the types and characteristics of spaces required for each function, and conduct empirical research centering on specific planned alternatives for workspaces according to users.

Experiences of a virtual think tank. New ways of working, knowledge development and Virtual Reality events

Virtual Reality (VR) as a paradigm for casual communication and socialising is seeing increasingly high adoption rates, but since the pandemic it also sees consideration as an alternative environment for (remote) knowledge work. This study explores VR as it relates to knowledge development at scale (i.e., conferences/events), to identify barriers for adoption. The study consists of observations of a series of VR and videoconferencing events, interviews with organisers and participants, and a survey of participants. Elements of Extended Adaptive Structuration Theory were used to examine results, focusing on technological, social, and performance dimensions. Results show no clear technological obstructions for events’ outcome quality compared to conventional forms of remote collaboration. VR provides practical advantages involving non-verbal communication and immersion/presence over conventional alternatives, but lacks in other aspects (e.g., facial expressions). Organisers are still learning to work around the practical limitations of VR. Issues raised primarily relate to technology habituation, or to social interactions and the cultural coordination gaps stemming from a lack of (communication) agreements. Emphasising the advantages of VR while further developing technologies and thoughtful social conventions to alleviate the objections will further open the door to VR as a viable alternative for remote work.

Mitigating leadership and the new ways of working

Work, one of the basic activities for every human being, and an area of major importance in any society, is also one of the domains mostly affected by transformations and implementation of new, smart technologies. On the other hand, leadership is challenged to mitigate human resources related issues and economic requests from an unstable environment, in an effective manner. Given this existing context, defined by rapid technological changes, that was speeded up by the Covid 19 pandemic, the present paper aims to review theoretical and empirical findings regarding the new ways of working (remote, from home, online) that emerged or were consolidated during and after this period, in relation with effective leadership. The article also focuses on the medium-term impact of these transformations. The unprecedented context represented by the Covid pandemic brought new challenges for organizations, employers and employees also, in a global economy that was already struggling with rapid transformations, inequalities, risks and sometimes unpredictable movements. This paper brings new valuable insights to this domain, for both academics and researchers, and a better understanding of such a complex phenomenon helps practitioners and stakeholders meet the demands that may arise.

An evaluation of registered nurses’ experiences of person-centered care and competence after participating in a course in digital competence in care

BackgroundHealth care’s rapid transition from in-person visits to more digital care meetings has challenged nurses to find new, sustainable ways of using digital technology.MethodsThe aim was to describe registered nurses’(RN) experiences with person-centred care (PCC) and competence after participating in a course in Digital Competence in Care (DCC). In this study, a qualitative descriptive design was used, and 16 individual interviews were carried out with RNs. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The COREQ checklist was used in this study.ResultsThe results were presented in four categories: being open to change and new ways of working with patients; struggling to handle requirements; developing new ways of working and focusing on patients despite the distance.ConclusionsThe DCC course helped develop RNs' skills and practice of PCC in digital care meetings. Training in digital care theory increased RNs' competence and facilitated the creation of new knowledge. The RNs' professional role was strengthened by participating in the changing of work routines. Digital care meetings were shown to be distance bridging and complementary to physical care meetings contributing to PCC. The increased availability of health care via digital means has affected the consumption of care and tailored education needs for RNs must be met by nursing education programs. Digital care is accessible, efficient and enables care regardless of geographical conditions, its innovative development needs to be based on science and experience and RNs are key personnel in this process.Trial registrationNot applicable.

Exploring employees’ beliefs regarding the potential benefits of virtual worlds for group cohesion: gather town

As a consequence of advances in Information and Communication Technologies, teleworking is becoming more and more common in organizations. These new ways of working create new challenges for companies such as team cohesion despite working in different locations. This article aims to analyze the effect of the use of so-called “virtual worlds” on the group cohesion of employees in organizations. The focus group methodology has made it possible to gather the beliefs and opinions of company employees about the use of these resources and tools. The results obtained show the positive effect of the use of virtual worlds on the cohesion of the teleworking team.

WORKING TOWARD A LEARNING COMMUNITY ENABLING LIVING WELL WITH DEMENTIA

Abstract Health and social care professionals play an important role in enabling to live well with dementia. Supporting living well from a psychosocial approach to care requires new ways of working and different competences compared to a medical-somatic approach to care. Interviews and group meetings with future (i.e. students) and current health and social care professionals organized in 2021, however, revealed that training to develop such competences and adopt these new ways of working receive little attention in the curricula of existing training programs. They further experience that their organisations insufficiently facilitate them (e.g. in terms of time, creating a positive learning climate) to actually use these competences and innovate their ways of working. Therefore, there is a need for creating innovative learning environments in the form of learning communities. These collaborations of stakeholders from science, practice, and education aim to accelerate innovation in dementia care based on lifelong learning and development.

IMPROVING DEMENTIA CARE IN CO-CREATION BETWEEN SCIENCE, PRACTICE, AND EDUCATION

Abstract Long-term care is transitioning from a medical-somatic model of care to a psychosocial model of care. This transition requires new ways of working, and thus different competences of health and social care professionals. Innovative learning environments of multiple stakeholders in long-term care are increasingly being created in the Netherlands to foster co-creation between science, practice (including persons with dementia) and education of current and future health and social care professionals. In this symposium, we will share experiences from the Netherlands. The first presentation describes the challenges current and future health and social care professionals are facing with regard to innovation in dementia care. We will further explain how these experiences were used to set up a learning community ‘living well with dementia’. The second presentation is dedicated to a participatory action research to develop new collaboration practices to address the often under-addressed theme of meaning in life among community dwelling older adults. The third presentation will focus on a co-creation project dedicated to a care innovation for migrants with dementia, being a guideline for managing challenging behaviour at home. In the plenary discussion after the three presentations, participants are invited to share experiences from their own countries and discuss the lessons learned.

What ‘Sparks’ Innovation in Rural Health Settings: A case study

Objective: To determine how innovation occurs and identify the factors that support innovation in a rural hospital in New South Wales, Australia. Design: Situated within a larger case study, this research collected qualitative data using semi-structured interviews. Setting: Inner regional hospital, located in a city, providing a broad range of acute and primary health services to a rural community. Participants: Hospital executives, department managers, consultant and staff specialist surgeons, physicians, nursing, nursing managers and allied health staff were recruited after a phone, personal or email approach. Main Outcome measure: Qualitative interviews (n=25) conducted in a rural hospital. Results: Fourteen innovations were identified. Factors supporting innovation were when individuals who were valued by team members had the ability to make within team innovations with ease; clinicians with ideas for improvement led innovation; external agencies- the Clinical Excellence Commission and the Agency for Clinical Innovation provided expertise, ideas, and motivation for innovation. Limiting factors included time for innovation, creative thinking, planning, and implementation. Funding, the bureaucracy and multiple points of consultation to make changes were also identified. Conclusions: Innovation occurred despite the absence of factors theory suggests are required. In rural settings, there are limited staff and resources leading to scarcity with no additional capacity in the system and innovation is a necessity. Further innovation could be unleashed if small amounts of resourcing and time were provided to staff with innovative ideas to improve services, change processes or introduce new ways of working.

Presenting a Model of Work-Family Conflict Management Regarding the Non-Clinical Employees of Iran University of Medical Sciences During COVID-19 Pandemic

Background: Conflicts between work and family wants are inevitable in organizations and families. This, in turn, creates psychological problems in people's personal and working life. The aim of this study is to present a model of work-family conflict management among employees of Iran University of Medical Sciences during COVID-19 pandemic.
 Methods: This was a qualitative study conducted in 2021. The statistical population of the research included 14 thematic and executive experts who were selected with judgmental-purposive method. The analytical model of the research was deductive-inductive and based on the qualitative method of thematic analysis. Data were collected by document method and through in-depth and semi-structured interviews with experts of Iran University of Medical Sciences. The content validity of the research model was 85%. Retest reliability was 70% and coder reliability was 87%.
 Results: After five stages of content analysis, 67 basic themes, 7 comprehensive themes (family stress stimulus ( 3 themes)), supportive job variables (11 themes), moderating variables (7 themes), stress management (12 themes), negative consequences (17 themes), positive outcomes (2 themes), (work stress stimuli(15 themes)) were counted and added. Finally, a work-family for the staff of Iran University of Medical Sciences was designed.
 Conclusion: According to the current research model, work-family conflict management in the period of COVID-19 requires a new way of working. It should be independent, flexible and compatible with individual conditions and preferences of employees more than before. Considering the importance of the negative consequences of work-family conflict, the vice-chancellor of management and resource development in the university can use the model presented in this research to prepare training programs needed by employees. He can also manage the negative consequences of work-family conflict and develop support and counseling programs needed by employees to be used during COVID-19 pandemic.

Summary report APE 2022 The future of the permanent record

This paper summarizes the 17th Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) Conference: The Future of the Permanent Record, held online from 11 until 13 January, 2022, and organized by the Berlin Institute of Scholarly Publishing (BISP), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing publishers, researchers, funders and policymakers together. The conference consisted of keynote speeches, presentations, and panel discussions on a variety of scholarly communication topics. Main themes were the value of the Version of Record and how to preserve quality and trust in the scholarly record. Collaboration across all stakeholders and high-quality metadata are key, especially when looking at the future where a “record of versions” could exist, connecting all research outputs. Other conference topics involved the threat of paper mills, research integrity and the importance of digital preservation. To ensure trustworthy and high-quality publications, knowledge exchange and cooperation are crucial. Effective partnerships and a multi-perspective approach are key in fostering inclusion, diversity and equity in scholarly communication too. Several speakers stressed the important role publishers play in moving towards an inclusive and trusted Open Science ecosystem, in which data sharing is accelerated and quality assurance and control are implemented across the entire research cycle. To achieve this, new ways of working and new business models need to be developed, and entrepreneurship and innovation encouraged. The 17th APE ended with a session in which five startups showcased their innovative products to advance science.

New Ways of Working in Academia: Maneuvering in and with Ambiguity in Workspace Design Processes

As a result of growing financial pressures and changing space demands, universities are increasingly looking to modernize and rationalize their workspaces through projects of New Ways of Working (NWoW). So far, extant research has mostly investigated the managerial construct of NWoW and its outcomes on organizational members, leaving the design process leading NWoW to be implemented in local contexts understudied. By contrast, the present study sets out to redefine NWoW as open-ended projects of organizational change that are unavoidably ambiguous and conflictual, hence seeking to overcome the tendency to conceal tensions arising at early stages of the change process under the abstract black-box of ‘resistance to change’. It is shown that ambiguity, simultaneously understood as an organizational problem causing tensions and as a rhetorical resource enabling collective action, plays a major role in the design process of such equivocal projects. This paper further advances our understanding of ambiguity as a multifaceted concept to bridge between individual rationalities and collective decision-making in the course of complex design processes.

Staff's experiences of implementing patient-initiated brief admission for adolescents from the perspective of epistemic (in)justice.

The implementation of Patient-Initiated Brief Admission (PIBA) in child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) in Sweden is ongoing. This intervention enables adolescents between the ages of 13-17 and with complex mental health problems to initiate a short care period for relief and support rather than the care apparatus being controlling in this process. Offering it is likely to promote epistemic agency, an exchange of knowledge and recovery from mental health problems. The aim of this study was to explore staff's perspectives of PIBA for adolescents with complex mental health problems, and what facilitates or hinders its implementation. Twenty seven employees, 21 women and six men, with various professions in CAP were interviewed and the material was analyzed thematically. Two overall themes emerged: "Staff's Experiences of PIBA" and "Managing Clinical PIBA Work." The results were discussed in relation to the theoretical frameworks of epistemic injustice and Normalization Process Theory (NPT). The main findings indicate that PIBA was generally viewed in a positive way, but that obstacles arose when it was actually put into practice. Findings also point at an overall lack of agency among staff when implementing this new way of working, at the same time as the need to adapt PIBA from an adult psychiatric intervention to one for adolescents in CAP is addressed. This article offers insights into the views of psychiatric staff regarding the implementation of PIBA. If staff wish to support epistemic agency and recovery among adolescents, their agency may be an important aspect in the continued implementation. Furthermore, in order for PIBA to become normalized in a sustainable way, we suggest that the continued implementation should be characterized by a youth-friendly framework.