What is it about?
As flexible work arrangements are accepted, work structures, performance expectations, and employee-employer relationships change, presenting both benefits and risks for workers. Personal digital infrastructures (PDIs) allow workers to realize the benefits of flexible work while avoiding the risks of precarious work. To avoid the significant negative impacts of increased flexibility, PDI management and design must become more responsive to the needs of flexible workers.
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Why is it important?
Flexible work arrangements are often see as a benefit for employees -- but without the right technology they can present significant problems too. Carefully designed Personal Data Infrastructures (PDI) can help you realize the benefits and avoid the risks of flexible work.
Perspectives
As we work through the implications of COVID and other changes to the way we work it is critical to recognize that "flexibility" has both positive and negative aspects.
Brian S Butler
University of Maryland at College Park
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This page is a summary of: Flexible work and personal digital infrastructures, Communications of the ACM, June 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3419405.
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