Symon, Gillian, Chamakiotis, Petros, Whiting, Rebecca, Roby, Helen, Whittle, Jon, Chong, Ming Ki, Ang, Chee Siang and Rashid, Umar (2014) The digital brain switch: managing rapid transitions between role identities in a digital world. In: Institute of Work Psychology International Conference (IWP), 24-26 June, Sheffield, UK.
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Abstract
In this paper, we present initial findings from an EPSRC-sponsored multi-disciplinary research project investigating how digital technologies and social media affect role transitions across work-life domains. The research uses an innovative combination of visual diaries and narrative interviews to capture micro-transitions (‘switches’) and explore these with participants in the context of their overall lives. Findings from a pilot study with academics are reported here in terms of: emergent digital boundary management strategies; triggers for rapid switching and the effects of this; and the function of meta roles and multi-role cognitions. The research contributes to current thinking in work-life literature in terms of devising innovative methods, focusing on the micro- transitional and in considering the role of the digital and social media in boundary management.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Schools and Departments: | University of Sussex Business School > Business and Management |
Depositing User: | Petros Chamakiotis |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2016 12:18 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2016 12:18 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/59027 |
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