Designing the digital workplace of the future – what scholars recommend to practitioners

Köffer S

Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed

Abstract

The digital workplace is widely acknowledged as an important organizational asset for optimizing knowledge worker productivity. While there is no particular research stream on the digital workplace, scholars have conducted intensive research on related topics. This study aims to summarize the practical implications of the current academic body of knowledge on the digital workplace. For this purpose, a screening of academic-practitioner literature was conducted, followed by a systematic review of academic top journal literature. The screening revealed four main research topics on the digital workplace that are present in academic-practitioner literature: 1) Collaboration, 2) Compliance, 3) Mobility, and 4) Stress and overload. Based on the four topics, this study categorizes practical implications on the digital workplace into 15 concepts. Thereby, it provides two main contributions. First, the study delivers condensed information for practitioners about digital workplace design. Second, the results shed light on the relevance of IS research.

Details about the publication

StatusPublished
Release year2015
Language in which the publication is writtenEnglish
ConferenceInternational Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015), Fort Worth, USA
KeywordsDigital workplace; Collaboration; Compliance; Mobility; Stress; Overload

Authors from the University of Münster

Köffer, Sebastian
Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)

Projects the publication originates from

Duration: 01/08/2011 - 30/04/2015
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project

Promotionen, aus denen die Publikation resultiert

The Digitalization of the Knowledge Workplace - Implications to Manage Work in the Future
Candidate: Köffer, Sebastian | Supervisors: Becker, Jörg
Period of time: until 09/05/2016
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster