This paper aims to identify generic competency levels relevant to a particular kind of knowledge workers: software engineers. Based on previous works, and in particular in the description of a professional career, authors review of the literature related to the characterization of the labor force in the Software Engineering (SE) domain. Subsequently, using a quantitative analysis based on inves...

The data which knowledge workers need to conduct their work is stored across an increasing number of repositories and grows annually at a significant rate. It is therefore unreasonable to expect that knowledge workers can efficiently search and identify what they need across a myriad of locations where upwards of hundreds of thousands of items can be created daily. This paper describes a system...

Electronics and telecommunications are rapidly changing and are having significant impacts on social and economic activity, with major implications for transportation. Location of businesses and households may be altered as telecommunications options improve. Already, there is evidence that businesses have become less dependent on proximate locations as electronic links have become more effecti...

This study analyzed how smartwork environment perceived by employees in global financial service industry (GFSI) influences their organizational commitment and innovative behavior. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey from 147 respondents randomly selected from seven global financial service firms in Seoul, Korea, where all three types of smartwork setting (working at home, mobile...

The requirements on learning support from knowledge work differ compared to traditional work. Based on those observations an approach for supporting learning in knowledge work is proposed considering requirements from e-learning as well as from knowledge management. In addition to traditional e-learning, on-demand e-learning takes the current situation of the knowledge worker into consideration...

Smooth communication through Face-to-face communication across hierarchy has been currently recognized as a critical method for organizational knowledge sharing and knowledge creation. However, these previous research findings are not applicable to telework environment which has much limited face-to-face communication compared with the traditional organization. Although knowledge creation resea...

Recent advances in networking environments and telecommunications have led to the proliferation of teams that do not work face-to-face but interact over a computermediated communications network. Although some have asserted that virtual teams transcend boundaries of time or distance, others have claimed that working remotely in a mediated team environment differs in significant ways from workin...

Whether one is a 'Road Warrior,' telecommuter, or a primarily deskbound worker, the distinction between work and other contexts is becoming less distinct, and the need to access information from multiple spaces becomes increasingly important. Combining 'always-on', 'always-connected' home and work PCs, web, and wireless telecommunications enables individuals to remain one with their information...

There is a substantial amount of microeconomic evidence documenting differential responses of labor supply across productivity groups. In particular, more productive individuals: (i) enjoy a higher employment rate, (ii) have a lower volatility of employment and (iii) spend less time working at home. This paper constructs a real business cycle model with permanent heterogeneity in individual pro...