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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2022.13.03.255

Reconceptualization of Job Autonomy in the Context of Smart Work  

Kim, Yong-Young (Department of Business Administration, Konkuk University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.13, no.3, 2022 , pp. 255-264 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the development of information and communication technology, smart devices, and COVID-19 pandemic, organizations and individuals using Smart Work are increasing. Constant connectivity has become commonplace while using smart devices such as smart phone and tablet PC, and based on this, workers can communicate and exchange data and information anytime, anywhere, resulting in increased job autonomy in determining method, time, and place to work. However, existing Smart Work research has the following limitations: the concept of job autonomy developed in the industrialization era of the 1970s is still used, job autonomy is verified in unidimensionality, and the paradoxical 'tied autonomy' in the context of Smart Work is not demonstrated. In order to overcome these limitations, this study examined the literature that demonstrated job autonomy in a Smart Work situation. Through literature research, this study suggested how previous studies have dealt with job autonomy in Smart Work context, how to develop the type of autonomy according to the Smart Work situation, and directions for future empirical research.
Keywords
Smart Work; Job Autonomy; Conceptualization; Multidimensionality; Tied Autonomy;
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