Escalating Digitalization of Work Due to COVID-19: A Cross-Context Comparison of Job Impacts and Job Outcomes
Prof. Viswanath Venkatesh
Eminent Scholar and Verizon Chair of Business Information Technology
The Pamplin College of Business
Virginia Tech
The rapid transition to remote work, powered by a portfolio of digital technologies, has led to an extensive transformation of a variety of jobs. This presentation will discuss an ongoing project of 4+ years on the impacts of such extensive remote work on different jobs and across different countries. The evolution of these impacts on employees serve as the basis for drawing implications for science and practice.
Viswanath Venkatesh, who completed his PhD at the University of Minnesota, is an Eminent Scholar, Verizon Chair and Director of the Executive PhD program at the Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists, both in terms of premier journal publications and citation impact (e.g., Clarivate, Thomson Reuters’ highlycited.com, Emerald Citations, SSRN, PloS Biology), with a recent career ranking of 485th (out of ~9 million scientists in all scientific fields) and 1st in information systems. The sponsorship of his research has been about US$10M. His work has appeared in leading journals in human-computer interaction, information systems, organizational behavior, psychology, marketing, medical informatics, and operations management, and included best paper awards (e.g., Academy of Management Journal). His works have been cited over 167,000 times (Google Scholar) and about 55,000 times (Web of Science), with an h-index of 87 and i-10 index of 146. He developed and maintains an IS research rankings web site that has received many accolades from the academic community including Association for Information Systems’ Technology Legacy Award. He has served in editorial roles in various journals. He is a Fellow of the AIS and the Information Systems Society, INFORMS.
