What is it about?
As part of a research lab on yirtual and remote leadership in digital ecosystems, we endeavoured to gain insight into whether digitalisation of the workplace influences employees' motivation to work and whether there are preferences for purely electronic or rather for hybrid models. The aim was to be able to come up with recommendations for virtual leaders.
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Why is it important?
Digitalisation allows more processes to be technologically supported and to increasingly implement remote work throughout all industries in order to enhance efficiency. However, new challenges arise. While employees can also profit from increased flexibility, communication with the management is changing and leaders need to tackle issues such as team and trust building, concerns around negative effects of remote electronic work and the management of engagement and performance via electronic means. Motivation is a key element thereof.
Perspectives
Some motivational factors around digitalisation of the workplace were identified, such as technical equipment and autonomy, but this in itself will not suffice in order to manage employee motivation. Rather, is also important how digitalisation is introduced, and companies will have to manage introduction and support as a complex construct dependent on many factors
Prof. Dr. Olivier Fuchs
Technische Hochschule Koln
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This page is a summary of: Effects of Workplace Digitalisation on the Motivation of German Office Employees, International Journal of Business and Management, December 2022, RMP Publications,
DOI: 10.26666/rmp.ijbm.2022.6.6.
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