Meaningful Work in a Post-Covid Age

Dr. Sharlene Buszka has a PhD in Social Research and an MBA with a Certificate in Human Resource Management. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). She recently retired from Daemen University, USA where she was a Professor of Business Administration specializing in Human Resource Management.  Dr Timothy Ewest has worked in higher education since 2002 teaching leadership, ethics, and corporate social responsibility. He is an Associate Professor, Department Chair and Prince-Chavanne Research Chair at Houston Christian University, USA. He also serves on the executive team at the Academy of Management as a research member at large and is a former Visiting Research Collaborator at Princeton University’s Faith and Work Initiative.

• Chapter 1. Meaningful Work and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges; Sharlene BuszkaChapter 2. A Conceptual Framework for Meaningful Work: The Quest for Purpose in a Rapidly Evolving Technological Landscape; Michael P. LillisChapter 3. Personal Narratives of Meaning Within the Grand Narrative of Technology; Timothy EwestChapter 4.Remote Work and the Loneliness Epidemic: Is There a Connection?; Sharlene BuszkaChapter 5. Using Technology to Meet the Needs of K-12 Students, Parents, and Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond; Ashlee Hover and Tiffany WilsonChapter 6. Artificial Intelligence in Education: Transforming Learning and Teaching in the Post-Covid Era; Brian GrahamChapter 7. Faculty Perceptions of AI: A Case Study in Higher Education; Hella R.Jacob, Devon Cozad ,and Kelly CastleChapter 8. Technology Use Enhances Meaningful Work; Carol BartloChapter 9. Hope for Higher Education on the Edge: A Case Study in Lean Transformation Through the Change Kaleidoscope; Joshua D. Reichard Chapter 10. The Impact of Covid-19 on Technology, Interprofessional Collaboration, and Operations within Home Health Care; Michael Seils and Thao NguyenChapter 11. Increased Use of Remote Work Technologies: Towards Greater Control of Employees? A Case Study on Cameras; Caroline Diard, Nicolas Dufour, and Aaron JoyalChapter 12. Finding Balance in the Digital Age: Employee Strategies for Digital Well-Being; Alice Verlinden, Elfi Baillien ,Lore Geldof, and Marijke Verbruggen