Concepts, Terms and Measurement in Agile Working
This chapter reviews the current definitions of agile working and how previous terminology has evolved to categorise this new approach to work. The chapter explores how ‘agile’ working practices have emerged, through promoting flexibility, integrating res
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Edited by Christine Grant Emma Russell
Agile Working and Well-Being in the Digital Age
Christine Grant · Emma Russell Editors
Agile Working and Well-Being in the Digital Age
Editors Christine Grant School of Psychological, Social and Behavioural Sciences Coventry University Coventry, UK
Emma Russell University of Sussex Business School (USBS) University of Sussex Brighton, UK
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To Bill, Gabriella and my mum and dad for their constant support and motivation —Christine Grant To my lovely family, thanks for your enduring support —Emma Russell
Foreword
From the 1980s and 1990s, technology-enabled working, at distance from main organisational locations, has grown in sophistication, numbers of workers participating in such working practices and range of occupations covered. In 2020 in particular, we have seen a massive and rapid shift to home and other forms of tech-enabled working because of the pandemic of 2019/2020. At the time of writing, extensive tech-enabled working from remote locations may become the ‘new normal’ for some, and a temporary form of business continuity for others, as flare-ups cause local lockdowns. Against this backdrop, this edited collection provides a timely and upto-date overview of key issues on the human experience of agile working, a form of working that encompasses temporal and spatial flexibility and the use of technologies, to addres
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