Wearables in the workplace: The brave new world of employee engagement

Kateryna Maltseva

Business Horizons, 2020, vol. 63, issue 4, 493-505

Abstract: Organizations increasingly introduce wearable devices, hoping to improve organizational performance. Wearables provide new and unique opportunities for engaging employees with their work and their organizational environment. The performance-related feedback these devices provide is supposed to help both employees and managers navigate the work environment more effectively. Despite the compelling benefits of wearables, they may prove to be detrimental to organizational performance unless a number of ethical issues are addressed. This article provides an overview of the benefits that certain wearable technologies can provide employees and managers, as well as the challenges they may create for organizations.

Keywords: Workplace wearable technology; Wearable sensors; Performance monitoring; Organizational performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2020.03.007

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