HCC: Large: Collaborative Research: Information Technology, Remote Socialization, and the Development of Occupational Identity

HCC：大型：协作研究：信息技术、远程社交和职业认同的发展

• 批准号: 1111237
• 负责人: Diane Bailey
• 金额: $ 45.34万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1111237&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HCC; Large; Collaborative; Research; Information

This project will explore how remote socialization enabled by information and communication technologies (ICTs) is transforming four occupations: graphic design, automotive engineering, banking, and Internet entrepreneurship. Following a comparative, field-based research design, this research will examine the effects of both organizational environments and socialization tactics on ICT use and consider issues of technology use, socialization, and the changing nature of work. In today's workplaces, it is increasingly common to encounter arrangements in which occupational members are geographically distributed from one another. This new reality calls into question existing theories of socialization and learning practices that highlight the importance of collocated interaction and in situ knowledge transfer. By focusing on how individuals use ICTs to learn what it means to be an occupational member, this research will contribute to a new breed of theory on socialization that indicates the processes, practices, and strategies individuals can use to become effective members of an occupation even though they work remotely from others. By drawing on recent theorizing, which suggests that ICTs may provide particular affordances for interaction that non-mediated (e.g. face-to-face) contexts do not, it will explore the possibility that remote socialization may, in fact, help occupations to transform themselves. One aim is to build theory about the mechanisms by which technology leads to occupational transformation. Occupational skill is critical to economic success, social progress, and individual well-being. However, many occupations seem to be failing to adapt quickly to changes in science, technology, and policy. The failure of occupations to change and refashion themselves to meet new social and technological pressures portends job loss from reduced skill for American citizens, and potentially increased outsourcing to other countries. This study will provide insight into how technology-enabled remote socialization may be able to contribute to faster occupational transformation. Although, for many years, ICT-mediated communication has been seen to be impoverished when compared to face-to-face communication, but now that it has developed considerably, ICT-mediated communication may provide more opportunities for workers to break free from the inertia of established occupations and develop new work practices and strategies that move the occupation forward. Additionally, it is imperative that new occupational members learn how to effectively acquire the knowledge and skills they need to perform their jobs well when they work remotely from others. This study will provide insight into effective practices of remote socialization and occupational learning such that individuals who are attempting to learn new work practices and knowledge will be successful in their efforts.

该项目将探讨由信息通信技术（ict）实现的远程社会化如何改变平面设计、汽车工程、银行和互联网创业这四个职业。本研究采用比较的、基于实地的研究设计，将考察组织环境和社会化策略对ICT使用的影响，并考虑技术使用、社会化和工作性质变化的问题。在今天的工作场所，越来越多的人会遇到这样的安排：职业成员在地理上彼此分散。这一新的现实对现有的社会化和学习实践理论提出了质疑，这些理论强调了协同互动和原位知识转移的重要性。通过关注个人如何使用信息通信技术来学习成为职业成员的意义，本研究将有助于社会化的新理论，指出个人可以使用的过程、实践和策略，即使他们与他人远程工作，也可以成为有效的职业成员。最近的理论表明，信息通信技术可能为非中介（如面对面）环境所没有的互动提供特殊的支持，通过借鉴这一理论，它将探索远程社会化实际上可能帮助职业自我转变的可能性。一个目标是建立关于技术导致职业转变的机制的理论。职业技能对经济成功、社会进步和个人福祉至关重要。然而，许多职业似乎无法迅速适应科学、技术和政策的变化。职业不能改变和重塑自己以适应新的社会和技术压力，预示着美国公民因技能下降而失业，并可能增加向其他国家的外包。这项研究将深入了解技术驱动的远程社会化如何能够促进更快的职业转型。虽然，多年来，与面对面的沟通相比，信息通信技术介导的沟通被认为是贫乏的，但现在它已经有了很大的发展，信息通信技术介导的沟通可能为工人提供更多的机会，使他们摆脱既定职业的惯性，发展新的工作实践和战略，推动职业向前发展。此外，新的职业成员必须学习如何有效地获得他们需要的知识和技能，当他们与他人远程工作时，他们需要做好他们的工作。这项研究将提供对远程社会化和职业学习的有效实践的见解，以便那些试图学习新的工作实践和知识的个人将在他们的努力中取得成功。