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TimeMarbles: A More Holistic Approach to Self-Reflecting on Focus in the Knowledge Workplace

Digital tools promoting individual focus are increasingly popular in knowledge work. Yet their narrow framing of attention as a binary of focus versus non-focus can be unsustainable and discourage engagement in other vital activities, such as team coordination and collaboration. We introduce TimeMarbles, a web app tha…

Anastasia Ruvimova et al.University of Zurich

From Tabs to Structures: Understanding and Supporting Web Page Management

Knowledge workers spend significant time finding, understanding, and relating information from different web pages. This process often leads to cluttered workspaces requiring active management of web pages, their evolving relevance, and relationships. Existing approaches, such as bookmarking systems, are often too rig…

Roy Adrian Rutishauser et al.University of Zurich

Exploring a Real-time Feedback Display of Non-verbal Cues in Online Work Meetings to Support Self-Presentation

Expressing oneself appropriately in online meetings through non-verbal cues can be challenging for knowledge workers. Automatic non-verbal cue detection technologies have the potential to support workers’ self-presentation efforts through real-time feedback, but little is known about workers' reactions to and the impl…

Kevin Chow et al.University of British Columbia

Making Work Meetings Better

Better Balancing Focused Work and Collaboration in Hybrid Teams by Cultivating the Sharing of Work Schedules

In the context of hybrid knowledge work, striking a balance between individual focused work and team collaboration remains challenging. Existing approaches often fail to provide comprehensive and accurate presence awareness, as the necessary information is scattered across multiple applications and is frequently outda…

André N Meyer et al.University of Zurich

Hybrid Work

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Remote Workplace Interactions and Extraversion: A Field Study on Wellbeing and Productivity Among Knowledge Workers

Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, the knowledge workplace has seen a dramatic transition from collocated-first to hybrid or fully-remote arrangements. A significant portion of the knowledge work industry has moved or is moving from office to remote or hybrid work, the implications of which are yet to be fully understood. O…

Anastasia Ruvimova et al.University of Zurich

Distributed & Remote Work

'Stick to' Three: Fostering Awareness, Intentions, and Reflections on the Top Daily Tasks

Knowledge workers face increasing challenges in managing numerous digital tasks, often leading to long task lists that distract from completing the most important ones. We present AIRbar, a task management tool designed to enhance Awareness, Intention, and Retrospection (AIR) in daily task management. AIRbar prompts w…

André N Meyer et al.University of Zurich

Beyond the Watercooler: Designing for Computer-Mediated Self-Disclosure among Work Colleagues

Self-disclosure, the sharing of personal and professional information about yourself, can help foster and maintain working relationships. But how do computers mediate the way we self-disclose at work? We look "beyond the watercooler" to investigate computer-mediated self-disclosure (CMSD) at work. We conducted two stu…

Kevin Chow et al.University of British Columbia

Examining the Use of VR as a Study Aid for University Students with ADHD

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by patterns of inattention and impulsivity, which lead to difficulties maintaining concentration and motivation while completing academic tasks. University settings, characterized by a high student-to-staff ratio, make tre…

Isabelle Cuber et al.University of Zurich

Cultivating a Team Mindset about Productivity with a Nudge: a Field Study in Hybrid Development Teams

While there has been significant study of both individuals and teams of knowledge workers, research has focused largely on one or the other, with less focus on the interaction between the two. In this paper, we explore the tensions between the individual and their team, focusing on the choices an individual makes towa…

Thomas Fritz et al.University of Zurich

Teams

Supporting Software Developers' Focused Work on Window-Based Desktops

Software developers, like other information workers, continuously switch tasks and applications to complete their work on their computer. Given the high fragmentation and complexity of their work, staying focused on the relevant pieces of information can become quite challenging in today's window-based environments, e…

Jan Pilzer et al.University of British Columbia

"Transport Me Away": Fostering Flow in Open Offices through Virtual Reality

Open offices are cost-effective and continue to be popular. However, research shows that these environments, brimming with distractions and sensory overload, frequently hamper productivity. Our research investigates the use of virtual reality (VR) to mitigate distractions in an open office setting and improve one's ab…

Anastasia Ruvimova et al.University of Zurich

Is Your Time Well Spent? Reflecting on Knowledge Work More Holistically

The modern workplace is more demanding than ever before. Yet, since the industrial age, productivity measures have predominantly stayed narrowly focused on the output of the work, and not accounted for the big shift in the cognitive demands placed on the workers or the interleaving of work and life that is so common t…

Hayley Guillou et al.University of British Columbia

Sensing Interruptibility in the Office: A Field Study on the Use of Biometric and Computer Interaction Sensors

Knowledge workers experience many interruptions during their work day. Especially when they happen at inopportune moments, interruptions can incur high costs, cause time loss and frustration. Knowing a person's interruptibility allows optimizing the timing of interruptions and minimize disruption. Recent advances in t…

Manuela Züger et al.University of Zurich

Paper Title	Authors	Research Topics
TimeMarbles: A More Holistic Approach to Self-Reflecting on Focus in the Knowledge Workplace Digital tools promoting individual focus are increasingly popular in knowledge work. Yet their narrow framing of attention as a binary of focus versus non-focus can be unsustainable and discourage engagement in other vital activities, such as team coordination and collaboration. We introduce TimeMarbles, a web app tha…	AR Anastasia Ruvimova et al.University of Zurich
From Tabs to Structures: Understanding and Supporting Web Page Management Knowledge workers spend significant time finding, understanding, and relating information from different web pages. This process often leads to cluttered workspaces requiring active management of web pages, their evolving relevance, and relationships. Existing approaches, such as bookmarking systems, are often too rig…	RR Roy Adrian Rutishauser et al.University of Zurich
Exploring a Real-time Feedback Display of Non-verbal Cues in Online Work Meetings to Support Self-Presentation Expressing oneself appropriately in online meetings through non-verbal cues can be challenging for knowledge workers. Automatic non-verbal cue detection technologies have the potential to support workers’ self-presentation efforts through real-time feedback, but little is known about workers' reactions to and the impl…	KC Kevin Chow et al.University of British Columbia	Making Work Meetings Better
Better Balancing Focused Work and Collaboration in Hybrid Teams by Cultivating the Sharing of Work Schedules In the context of hybrid knowledge work, striking a balance between individual focused work and team collaboration remains challenging. Existing approaches often fail to provide comprehensive and accurate presence awareness, as the necessary information is scattered across multiple applications and is frequently outda…	AM André N Meyer et al.University of Zurich	Hybrid Work
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Remote Workplace Interactions and Extraversion: A Field Study on Wellbeing and Productivity Among Knowledge Workers Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, the knowledge workplace has seen a dramatic transition from collocated-first to hybrid or fully-remote arrangements. A significant portion of the knowledge work industry has moved or is moving from office to remote or hybrid work, the implications of which are yet to be fully understood. O…	AR Anastasia Ruvimova et al.University of Zurich	Distributed & Remote Work
'Stick to' Three: Fostering Awareness, Intentions, and Reflections on the Top Daily Tasks Knowledge workers face increasing challenges in managing numerous digital tasks, often leading to long task lists that distract from completing the most important ones. We present AIRbar, a task management tool designed to enhance Awareness, Intention, and Retrospection (AIR) in daily task management. AIRbar prompts w…	AM André N Meyer et al.University of Zurich
emoji_events Beyond the Watercooler: Designing for Computer-Mediated Self-Disclosure among Work Colleagues Self-disclosure, the sharing of personal and professional information about yourself, can help foster and maintain working relationships. But how do computers mediate the way we self-disclose at work? We look "beyond the watercooler" to investigate computer-mediated self-disclosure (CMSD) at work. We conducted two stu…	KC Kevin Chow et al.University of British Columbia
emoji_events Examining the Use of VR as a Study Aid for University Students with ADHD Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by patterns of inattention and impulsivity, which lead to difficulties maintaining concentration and motivation while completing academic tasks. University settings, characterized by a high student-to-staff ratio, make tre…	IC Isabelle Cuber et al.University of Zurich
Cultivating a Team Mindset about Productivity with a Nudge: a Field Study in Hybrid Development Teams While there has been significant study of both individuals and teams of knowledge workers, research has focused largely on one or the other, with less focus on the interaction between the two. In this paper, we explore the tensions between the individual and their team, focusing on the choices an individual makes towa…	TF Thomas Fritz et al.University of Zurich	Teams
Supporting Software Developers' Focused Work on Window-Based Desktops Software developers, like other information workers, continuously switch tasks and applications to complete their work on their computer. Given the high fragmentation and complexity of their work, staying focused on the relevant pieces of information can become quite challenging in today's window-based environments, e…	JP Jan Pilzer et al.University of British Columbia
"Transport Me Away": Fostering Flow in Open Offices through Virtual Reality Open offices are cost-effective and continue to be popular. However, research shows that these environments, brimming with distractions and sensory overload, frequently hamper productivity. Our research investigates the use of virtual reality (VR) to mitigate distractions in an open office setting and improve one's ab…	AR Anastasia Ruvimova et al.University of Zurich
Is Your Time Well Spent? Reflecting on Knowledge Work More Holistically The modern workplace is more demanding than ever before. Yet, since the industrial age, productivity measures have predominantly stayed narrowly focused on the output of the work, and not accounted for the big shift in the cognitive demands placed on the workers or the interleaving of work and life that is so common t…	HG Hayley Guillou et al.University of British Columbia
emoji_events Sensing Interruptibility in the Office: A Field Study on the Use of Biometric and Computer Interaction Sensors Knowledge workers experience many interruptions during their work day. Especially when they happen at inopportune moments, interruptions can incur high costs, cause time loss and frustration. Knowing a person's interruptibility allows optimizing the timing of interruptions and minimize disruption. Recent advances in t…	MZ Manuela Züger et al.University of Zurich