knowledge work productivity & workplace

 


KNOWLEDGE WORK PRODUCTIVITY AND WORKPLACE FOR GLOBAL SETTINGS


The ProWork (Productive knowledge Work) project is a cooperation between:


A)  Helsinki University of Technology, Finland:

  1. -Construction Engineering Management, Faculties research group, Finland: dr. Suvi Nenonen & Nils Gersberg

  2. -Laboratory of Work Psychology and Leadership, Finland. Prof. Matti Vartiainen & dr. Virpi Ruohomäki & dr. Petra Bosch-Sijtsema.


B) Stanford University, Project based learning lab, California, USA: dr. Renate Fruchter

C) and 6 global and Finnish companies


Publications

  1. 1.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., R. Fruchter, M. Vartiainen & V. Ruohomäki (submitted 2009) “Contextual and interaction discontinuities. Impact of a collaborative work environment on remote management,” submitted to Organization Science.

  2. 2.Fruchter, R. & P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (submitted 2009) “The WALL: participatory design workplace supporting creativity, collaboration and socialization,” submitted to CoDesign Journal.

  3. 3.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., V. Ruohomäki & M. Vartiainen (Submitted 2009) “Multi-locational knowledge workers in the office: findability, disturbances and productivity,” submitted to New Technology, Employment and Work journal.

  4. 4.Fruchter, R. & P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (2009) “The WALL: participatory design workplace supporting creativity, collaboration and socialization,” Proceedings of Social Intelligence and Design 2009, SID09 conference Kyoto, Japan (November 2009)

  5. 5.Fruchter, R., P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema & Ruohomaki, V. (forthcoming 2010). Tension between perceived collocation and actual geographical distribution in project teams. International Journal of AI & Society. Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication.

  6. 6.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., V. Ruohomäki & M. Vartiainen (forthcoming 2010). Knowledge work productivity in distributed teams. forthcoming in Journal of Knowledge Management, 14 (1).

  7. 7.Bosch-Sijtsema, P.M., R. Fruchter, V. Ruohomäki & M. Vartiainen (2009) “Challenging new ways of working for remote managers,” EGOS 2009 (European Group of Organization Science) Barcelona, Spain.

  8. 8.Fruchter, R., P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema & Ruohomaki, V. (2008). Tension between perceived collocation and actual geographical distribution in project teams. Proceedings of 7th International Workshop on Social Intelligence Design, Puerto Rico, December 3-5, 2008.

  9. 9.P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema, V. Ruohomäki & M. Vartiainen (2008) “Knowledge worker mobility: the effect on productivity in the workspace”, proceedings of EGOS conference European Group of Organization Science, Amsterdam 2008.

  10. 10.Ruohomäki, V.& P.M. Bosch-Sijtsema (2007) “Where does knowledge work take place in the office: an observation method,” proceedings of ACTIVITY2008, Activity Analysis Developing Work, Finland 2008.