Datafication of Knowledge Work: A Framework and Research Agenda

dc.contributor.authorFischer, Louise
dc.contributor.authorWunderlich, Nico
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-24T20:12:21Z
dc.date.available2020-12-24T20:12:21Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-05
dc.description.abstractDatafication is moving into the center of value creation in the knowledge intensive organization. Datafication describes the transformation of qualitative behavior and tacit knowledge into quantified actions and codified data. While traditional assumptions on knowledge work highlights individual autonomy in shaping job tasks and fitting abilities for productive work, the consequences of datafication for knowledge work are not yet well understood. We build on the contingency theory of performance as theoretical lens to derive a framework that addresses relevant future research questions in the evolving field of datafication in knowledge work. The proposed multi-level framework considers assumptions and elements from traditional productive knowledge work in combination with determinants of digital workplaces and organizational factors along the lines of data-based value creation and (semi-)automated decision making. For the future, we suggest viewing datafied knowledge work as a socio-technical phenomenon, thereby constituted of human-dominated knowledge work in convergence with technological-dominated algorithmic thinking.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2021.700
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/71320
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDesigning for Digital
dc.subjectdatafication
dc.subjectindividual performance
dc.subjectknowledge work
dc.subjectsocio-technical phenomenon
dc.titleDatafication of Knowledge Work: A Framework and Research Agenda
prism.startingpage5769

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