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  • Zeitschriftenartikel
    Addressing loneliness in the workplace through human-robot interaction Development and evaluation of a social office robot concept
    (i-com: Vol. 22, No. 1, 2023) Busch, Melina; Lindermayer, Tim; Schuster, Klara; Zhang, Jonas; von Terzi, Pia
    New work has been a topic for a few years now and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought this trend more into focus, i.e., working remotely became more popular. However, besides various advantages, there is the risk of loneliness in employees, which can negatively affect their work performance and mental health. Research in different domains suggests that social robots could reduce loneliness. Since we were interested in whether and how such findings are transferable to the office context, we developed and tested a concept for a social office robot. More specifically, we first conducted a cultural probes study with white-collar workers to gain information about workplace loneliness and its drivers. Second, we explored design possibilities for a social office robot in a focus group. Based on the results, we created a concrete concept, Luca, which we finally evaluated and optimized with the help of interviews with participants from various industries. The present work contributes to HRI research and practice, e.g., by providing design recommendations for the implementation of a social office robot. Future research could investigate the effectiveness of a social office robot intervention in field studies. Next to implications for research and practice, potential limitations are discussed.
  • Zeitschriftenartikel
    Computer-Supported Cooperative Work – Revisited
    (i-com: Vol. 20, No. 3, 2021) Bullinger-Hoffmann, Angelika; Koch, Michael; Möslein, Kathrin; Richter, Alexander
    Due to the COVID-19 lockdowns and the related mandated work for home, we have seen a massive increase of the use of collaboration tools in various work settings in the last 18 months. Whereas this might have been a new terrain for some, IT-supported work and the related research domain Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) have been around for decades. In this article we briefly review what CSCW has to offer for the currently increasing demand in setting up remote collaboration – and share our own observations about what happened when collaboration tools have been introduced in the pandemic. As a summary, we present some learnings from the experience – both for the current state of CSCW research and for future work.
  • Textdokument
    Making Remote Work for Women in Tech
    (INFORMATIK 2022, 2022) Marsden,Nicola; Holtzblatt,Karen
    Remote working during the pandemic goes far beyond the global remote work that occurred in prior years. In this paper, we look at remote working from the point of view of creating the experiences women need to thrive. Within the context of our research on retaining women in tech, we have studied the impact of remote work on women. We reveal our findings and indicate how to improve the experience of tech women in remote work.