Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Work Dealing with Information and Communication Technologies

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The recent amplification of remote work evidences how the spatiotemporal dimension of work may evolve through its interaction with information and communication technologies (ICT). In the continuity of exiting studies dealing separately or dynamically with the spatial dimension and the temporal dimension of this evolution, this conceptualizing paper proposes to consider spatiotemporal dynamics of work as structured and structuring components of the workuniverse—term used in this study to emphasize new spatiotemporal characteristics of work dealing with ICT and proposes a framework, based on a systemic-cognitive approach, to analyze spatiotemporal dynamics of work. It identifies three types of temporal dynamics, two categories of spatiotemporal configurations of work (spatiotemporal transition and spatiotemporal ambidexterity) and formulates three analytical proposals. Potential human resource management (HRM) implications of spatiotemporal dynamics of work are then explored through the baselines defined by the proposed framework and in the continuity of existing studies on eHRM.Link: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.16308abstract