Workshop on the Social Aspects of Distributed Work

该奖项支持一个侧重于地理和功能分布工作的社会和组织方面的研讨会。主要研究人员认为，过去五年的技术和经济变革导致美国人的工作方式发生了重大变化，我们对这些变化的长期影响几乎没有全面的了解。工作人员越来越移动的，使用各种技术与同事联系，并且必须应对各种复杂的工作安排，其中可能包括：长途通勤;在成员地理分布的团队中工作;广泛的旅行;以及多组织工作（例如，由于合资、兼并、咨询、外包等原因）随着更先进的计算和电信技术，如互联网2，即将出现，甚至可以预见更重大的变化。心理学、社会学、人类学、信息科学、计算机科学、工业工程和历史等领域的研究人员正在进行许多新的研究。由于不同的背景，出版场所和学术同行团体，这些研究人员很少有机会见面并分享他们的研究和观点。这次研讨会将把来自这些不同学科的主要研究人员聚集在一起，并将产生一个网站和一本书，其中将收集研究。总的来说，讲习班将有助于为这一重要工作领域制定研究议程。

This award supports a workshop that focuses on the social and organizational aspects of geographically and functionally distributed work. There is a perception among leading researchers that technological and economic change during the past five years has lead to substantial change in the way that Americans work and that we have little overall understanding of the long-term implications of these changes. Workers are increasingly mobile, use a variety of technologies to connect with their colleagues and have to contend with a variety of complex work arrangements that might include: long-distance commuting; working on teams where members are distributed geographically; extensive travel; and multi-organizational work (e.g., due to joint ventures, mergers, consulting, outsourcing, etc.) With more advanced computing and telecommunications technologies, such as Internet 2, on the horizon, even more significant changes are envisioned. Much new research is being conducted by a variety of researchers from psychology, sociology, anthropology, information science, computer science, industrial engineering and history. Due to the diverse backgrounds, venues for publication and academic peer groups, there have been few opportunities for these researchers to meet and share their research studies and perspectives. This workshop will bring the key researchers from these various disciplines together and will result in a web site and book where the research will be collected. Overall, the workshop will contribute to the establishment of a research agenda for this important line of work.