Blurred Lines

Blurred Lines

Need Sunday 9/20

In a 700- to 1000-word essay, evaluate how technology has blurred the lines between personal and professional life for workers. Include the positive and negative outcomes as well as recommendations to leverage the positive and negate the negative outcomes. Integrate sociological concepts from the readings as well as those found in two additional scholarly articles.

Hello here are some resources for you.

Charoensukmongkol, P. (2014, July 01). Effects of support and job demands on social media use and work outcomesComputers in Human Behavior, 36(71), 340-349. Retrieved from http://www.looooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Effects-of-support-and-job-demands-on-social-media-use-and-work-outcomes.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Hargittai, E. (2003). The digital divide and what to do about it. In D. C. Jones (Eds.), New Economy Handbook (822-841). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. 2003.

Offer, S. (2014). The Costs of Thinking About Work and Family: Mental Labor, Work-Family Spillover, and Gender Inequality Among Parents in Dual-Earner Families. Sociological Forum, 29(4), 916-936. doi:10.1111/socf.12126 Available in Academic Search Premier

Noonan, M. C., & Glass, J. L. (June 01, 2012). The hard truth about telecommuting. Monthly Labor Review, 135(6), 38-45. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2012/06/art3full.pdf

TEDx Talks. (2010, May 25). TEDxDesMoines – Christian Renaud – Future of the workplace and workforce [Video file]. Retrieved fromTEDxDesMoines – Christian Renaud – Future of the Workplace and Workforce (Links to an external site.)TEDxDesMoines - Christian Renaud - Future of the Workplace and Workforce

Thomas, K. J. (2014, January 1). Workplace technology and the creation of boundaries: The role of VHRD in a 24/7 work environment. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 16(3), 281-295.

The textbook:

Alonso-Villar, O., Del Rio, C., & Gradin, C. (2012). The extent of occupational segregation in the United States: Differences by race, ethnicity, and gender. Industrial Relations: A Journal Of Economy & Society, 51(2), 179-212. doi:10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00674.x

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Most people in the world are tied to different occupations in which they work by applying their skills. However, today’s workforce depends on technology to work as well as interact with other friends and family members. As a result, technology has continued to affect personal and professional life by bridging the…

(900 words)

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