Well@DigiWork
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Project description
Digital working environments is a research project conducted in the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ in Finland. It is funded by The Finnish Work Environment Fund. The research project is conducted in collaboration with 5 companies and 2 health care districts. The aim of the research is to produce novel information and solutions to the improvement of both digital skills and wellbeing.
The motivation to the research project was born out of previous research conducted by the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ which indicated that the technological core competence of Finnish workers is alarmingly unevenly distributed. Along with this, massive changes in the nature of work in terms of the use of technology, especially the drastic changes in 2020 due to unforeseen circumstances, has made the research very urgent and topical.
It is equally important to understand the relationship between the digitalization of work and the wellbeing of workers. Hence, the key aim of the research is to recognize factors that correlate with the wellbeing of workers, as well as strong technological, organizational, and communications skills. To determine this, a survey was carried out among over 1000 employees in the collaboration companies. In addition, the workers were interviewed about their technological core competence, as well as their perceived wellbeing at work.
The second phase of the research aims to develop techno-pedagogical solutions that promote digital working skills. These solutions are based on results gathered from analyzing the team collaboration of participants in a virtual research environment wherein they work together to solve problems. This part of the research is conducted in collaboration with Magisys Ltd. and the participants represent their company. Additionally, data will be gathered from training simulations in health care districts. Finally, the techno-pedagogical solutions will be refined into: 1) a web page for the development of digital communication, organization, and wellbeing, for the use of organizations, and 2) a new training method that promotes collaborative digital work and the wellbeing of workers.
Finally, several research articles will be published in top tier international scientific journals based on the findings and utilizing the data of the research project.
