Instrumental aspects of play at work in information technology organisations

Chughtai, Hameed (2021) Instrumental aspects of play at work in information technology organisations. European Journal of Information Systems, 30 (6): 6. pp. 659-675. ISSN 0960-085X

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Abstract

Conventional wisdom suggests that play is the antithesis of work. But in the information technology (IT) industry, companies such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft have positively integrated play into the workplace. In an era when the digital is ubiquitous and where play with IT has become commonplace, exploring the nature of play at work could shed light on the broader question of how humans exist in the world. This is an essential question for contemporary Information Systems scholarship. Drawing on the critical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer, I offer a narrative account of the instrumental aspects of play at work. I conducted an ethnographic study of the everyday practices of young IT professionals, revealing that workplace play has multiple instrumental aspects which are related to the temporality, spatiality, materiality and sociality of IT work practices.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
European Journal of Information Systems
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? library and information sciencesinformation systems ??
ID Code:
172702
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Deposited On:
27 Jul 2022 10:20
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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