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Papers by Arminda Sequeira
Livros Labcom eBooks, 2012
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 2022
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 2022
Conferência - Investigação e Intervenção em Recursos Humanos, Aug 7, 2019
Due to the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19, people started performing their professional tasks... more Due to the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19, people started performing their professional tasks remotely. This transition from the off-line and face-to-face work to online and remote work did not happen without pain, anxiety and some frustration as there was a need for accelerated learning and the frontiers between private and professional life were blurred. In this paper, we report on the preliminary findings of a survey-based research aimed at evaluating the main impacts and challenges faced by professionals in this transition process, in Portugal. Results show that respondents believe they work more, they feel more motivated, have better control over time, easily create methods and pace of work, and have more focus on tasks. Savings on fuel are offset by increased expenses in electricity, water, and food. Increased worklife balance but not increased leisure time are recognised. The most negative impact is social/professional seclusion, despite recognising fewer professional conflicts.
Communications in Computer and Information Science
20a Conferencia da Associacao Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informacao, CAPSI 2020 - 20th Conference of the Portuguese Association for Information Systems, CAPSI 2020, 2020
Due to the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19, people started performing their professional tasks... more Due to the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19, people started performing their professional tasks remotely. This transition from the off-line and face-to-face work to online and remote work did not happen without pain, anxiety and some frustration as there was a need for accelerated learning and the frontiers between private and professional life were blurred. In this paper, we report on the preliminary findings of a survey-based research aimed at evaluating the main impacts and challenges faced by professionals in this transition process, in Portugal. Results show that respondents believe they work more, they feel more motivated, have better control over time, easily create methods and pace of work, and have more focus on tasks. Savings on fuel are offset by increased expenses in electricity, water, and food. Increased worklife balance but not increased leisure time are recognised. The most negative impact is social/professional seclusion, despite recognising fewer professional conflicts.
ICERI2021 Proceedings, 2021
Educating Engineers for Future Industrial Revolutions, 2021
The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is not just a global crisis, it is ‘the first’ global crisis, and... more The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is not just a global crisis, it is ‘the first’ global crisis, and as the mandatory confinement shifted all education to Emergency Remote Instruction/Teaching/Learning, Higher Education Institutions were faced with the heavy task of balancing the immediate massive technological-pedagogical request by teachers and providing students with the socio-educational support that they need. This paper analyses the socio-educational impacts of the current confinement period on student’s lives and how they are responding to implemented ERL solutions, specifically in a stage of abundant pressing changes in which critical challenges are mostly felt. A close-ended questionnaire was built, comprising six dimensions of issues that may impact ERL: educational and organizational issues, technological and working conditions, social issues, family-related issues, psychological issues, and financial issues. Results were collected right after the first month of ERL and reveal that the most severe problems reside on the pedagogical and psychological domains.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2021
Traditionally, there have been many reasons and factors contributing to the disbelieve in remote ... more Traditionally, there have been many reasons and factors contributing to the disbelieve in remote work as a large-scale efficient work format. But with the social distancing imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work (RW) emerged as an adequate solution to continue labor at a large scale, even in the situations where remote work was unforeseeable and, in many cases, happened under inappropriate conditions. Despite some advantages, which are mainly identified by employees, there are other issues, pointed out by organizations, such as required technology infrastructure, HR training, etc. In any case, opting for remote work present some gains and losses for both employers and employees. With the end of the mandatory confinement, organizations reorganized the work format and, in some cases, it consisted in restoring the previous one. At this point, many questions arise being important to evaluate the perspectives of both sides – workers and companies – as well as their perceptions retrieved from the RW during the Spring confinement period, to understand how was the transition period and preview the future in terms of RW becoming part of the work model or even the way the pandemic situation is influencing future changes in businesses models. To achieve that goal, an exploratory survey-based research, and interviews will be carried out. The sample consists of the top 100 private companies of the Great Place To Work (GPTW) Portuguese ranking. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution and digitalization impact directly in the way we... more Changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution and digitalization impact directly in the way we live, shape the organizations and change the way we work. This article explores and anticipates the scope and depth of the impacts that current and emerging technologies are imposing. Under the scope of the global digital transformation, some possible challenges enacted by the technologies as well as some projects and initiatives that are already being carried out to address them are presented. The aim of this paper is to subsidize to a reflection about this complex environment and bring together the contribute of trainers, teachers and pedagogues as the possible solution to prepare students to thrive in this complex world of work which will need the intervention of all actors and stakeholders.
The outburst and proliferation of the COVID-19 pandemic, together with the subsequent social dist... more The outburst and proliferation of the COVID-19 pandemic, together with the subsequent social distancing measures, have raised massive challenges in almost all domains of public and private life around the globe. The stay-at-home movement has pushed the news audiences into social networks, which, in turn, has become the most prolific field for receiving and sharing news updates, as well as for public expression of opinions, concerns and feelings about the pandemic. Public opinion is a critical aspect in analysing how the information and events impact people’s lives, and research has shown that social media data may be promising in understanding how people respond to health risks and social crisis, which are the feelings they tend to share and how they are adapting to unforeseen circumstances that threaten almost all societal spheres. This paper presents results from a social media analysis of 61532 news headlines posted by the major daily news outlet in Portugal, Sic Notícias, on Fac...
Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics, 2021
People and organizations have been witnessing tremendous changes taking place in the job market. ... more People and organizations have been witnessing tremendous changes taking place in the job market. Technologies (ex. AI, machine learning, IoT) are pushing individuals away from their comfort zone and forcing them to adapt, to develop new skills and to reinvent their job positions. Reports on the changes in the workplace and on the workforce have been raising concerns about the potential of AI to replace humans in job positions. The current challenges, brought by the 4th IR, have been providing countless opportunities for business growth, optimization and internationalization; however, tremendous concerns are currently raised regarding the sustainability of the human resources which are currently on the market and of those who are being trained to enter it. In this chapter, the authors focus on administrative job positions, which have been pointed out as one of the most prone to be taken over by AI and identify the already available technologies that can perform the job description ta...
EDULEARN21 Proceedings, 2021
Labcom Books, 2012
VII À Raquel Sombra e Jefferson Oliveira, agradeço por terem sido os responsáveis por me iniciar ... more VII À Raquel Sombra e Jefferson Oliveira, agradeço por terem sido os responsáveis por me iniciar na experimentação animal quando entrei no laboratório; passando as metodologias, as melhores formas de manuseio e ética neste tipo de ensaios. Mesmo que não mais estejam na equipe do laboratório, vocês foram essenciais no desenvolvimento das habilidades que adquiri neste campo. Muito Obrigada! Aos meus colegas de laboratório por todas as experiências vividas, pelas muitas gargalhadas trocadas, pelos diversos momentos de descontração, por estarem sempre dispostos a auxiliarme de todas as formas: Ayrles Brandão,
Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, 2013
Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems, 2020
The recent pandemic caused by COVID-19 has forced unprecedented professional and social changes t... more The recent pandemic caused by COVID-19 has forced unprecedented professional and social changes that affect the way people work, learn and live. Even in an era in which the digitalization of the workplace had been already widely announced, employers and employees had not expected such an urgent digital immersion of jobs with broad impacts on the professional, personal, financial and social dimensions of the workforce. In this paper, the main consequences, challenges, and effects of remote work in Portugal are reported, together with a set of recommendations for employers and workers, which were captured in survey-based research. Results show that professionals are not unanimous towards the benefits of remote work, and while some would like to resume in-person work, a substantial amount of professional, personal and financial benefits are associated to the possibility of working from home. Additionally, and according to pressing changes, professionals put forward several recommendations for employers and peers regarding workload and time management, employee assistance and self-regulated work.
The changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution and by the digital transformation have been ... more The changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution and by the digital transformation have been resetting organizations and working methods. Besides the visible alterations in business models, communication, cooperation, relationship between private and professional life and the organizations’ hierarchies, technology has been impacting jobs and employability. Organizations and investigators have been reporting a high and vast number of job positions that are currently at risk of being replaced by technology and automation, as the work becomes more and more digital, virtual and remote. In fact, there is a global tendency of growing and pressing needs and demands converging towards the inevitable redefinition of skills, tasks and responsibilities of a broad number of professionals and careers.
Livros Labcom eBooks, 2012
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 2022
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 2022
Conferência - Investigação e Intervenção em Recursos Humanos, Aug 7, 2019
Due to the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19, people started performing their professional tasks... more Due to the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19, people started performing their professional tasks remotely. This transition from the off-line and face-to-face work to online and remote work did not happen without pain, anxiety and some frustration as there was a need for accelerated learning and the frontiers between private and professional life were blurred. In this paper, we report on the preliminary findings of a survey-based research aimed at evaluating the main impacts and challenges faced by professionals in this transition process, in Portugal. Results show that respondents believe they work more, they feel more motivated, have better control over time, easily create methods and pace of work, and have more focus on tasks. Savings on fuel are offset by increased expenses in electricity, water, and food. Increased worklife balance but not increased leisure time are recognised. The most negative impact is social/professional seclusion, despite recognising fewer professional conflicts.
Communications in Computer and Information Science
20a Conferencia da Associacao Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informacao, CAPSI 2020 - 20th Conference of the Portuguese Association for Information Systems, CAPSI 2020, 2020
Due to the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19, people started performing their professional tasks... more Due to the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19, people started performing their professional tasks remotely. This transition from the off-line and face-to-face work to online and remote work did not happen without pain, anxiety and some frustration as there was a need for accelerated learning and the frontiers between private and professional life were blurred. In this paper, we report on the preliminary findings of a survey-based research aimed at evaluating the main impacts and challenges faced by professionals in this transition process, in Portugal. Results show that respondents believe they work more, they feel more motivated, have better control over time, easily create methods and pace of work, and have more focus on tasks. Savings on fuel are offset by increased expenses in electricity, water, and food. Increased worklife balance but not increased leisure time are recognised. The most negative impact is social/professional seclusion, despite recognising fewer professional conflicts.
ICERI2021 Proceedings, 2021
Educating Engineers for Future Industrial Revolutions, 2021
The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is not just a global crisis, it is ‘the first’ global crisis, and... more The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is not just a global crisis, it is ‘the first’ global crisis, and as the mandatory confinement shifted all education to Emergency Remote Instruction/Teaching/Learning, Higher Education Institutions were faced with the heavy task of balancing the immediate massive technological-pedagogical request by teachers and providing students with the socio-educational support that they need. This paper analyses the socio-educational impacts of the current confinement period on student’s lives and how they are responding to implemented ERL solutions, specifically in a stage of abundant pressing changes in which critical challenges are mostly felt. A close-ended questionnaire was built, comprising six dimensions of issues that may impact ERL: educational and organizational issues, technological and working conditions, social issues, family-related issues, psychological issues, and financial issues. Results were collected right after the first month of ERL and reveal that the most severe problems reside on the pedagogical and psychological domains.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2021
Traditionally, there have been many reasons and factors contributing to the disbelieve in remote ... more Traditionally, there have been many reasons and factors contributing to the disbelieve in remote work as a large-scale efficient work format. But with the social distancing imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work (RW) emerged as an adequate solution to continue labor at a large scale, even in the situations where remote work was unforeseeable and, in many cases, happened under inappropriate conditions. Despite some advantages, which are mainly identified by employees, there are other issues, pointed out by organizations, such as required technology infrastructure, HR training, etc. In any case, opting for remote work present some gains and losses for both employers and employees. With the end of the mandatory confinement, organizations reorganized the work format and, in some cases, it consisted in restoring the previous one. At this point, many questions arise being important to evaluate the perspectives of both sides – workers and companies – as well as their perceptions retrieved from the RW during the Spring confinement period, to understand how was the transition period and preview the future in terms of RW becoming part of the work model or even the way the pandemic situation is influencing future changes in businesses models. To achieve that goal, an exploratory survey-based research, and interviews will be carried out. The sample consists of the top 100 private companies of the Great Place To Work (GPTW) Portuguese ranking. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution and digitalization impact directly in the way we... more Changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution and digitalization impact directly in the way we live, shape the organizations and change the way we work. This article explores and anticipates the scope and depth of the impacts that current and emerging technologies are imposing. Under the scope of the global digital transformation, some possible challenges enacted by the technologies as well as some projects and initiatives that are already being carried out to address them are presented. The aim of this paper is to subsidize to a reflection about this complex environment and bring together the contribute of trainers, teachers and pedagogues as the possible solution to prepare students to thrive in this complex world of work which will need the intervention of all actors and stakeholders.
The outburst and proliferation of the COVID-19 pandemic, together with the subsequent social dist... more The outburst and proliferation of the COVID-19 pandemic, together with the subsequent social distancing measures, have raised massive challenges in almost all domains of public and private life around the globe. The stay-at-home movement has pushed the news audiences into social networks, which, in turn, has become the most prolific field for receiving and sharing news updates, as well as for public expression of opinions, concerns and feelings about the pandemic. Public opinion is a critical aspect in analysing how the information and events impact people’s lives, and research has shown that social media data may be promising in understanding how people respond to health risks and social crisis, which are the feelings they tend to share and how they are adapting to unforeseen circumstances that threaten almost all societal spheres. This paper presents results from a social media analysis of 61532 news headlines posted by the major daily news outlet in Portugal, Sic Notícias, on Fac...
Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics, 2021
People and organizations have been witnessing tremendous changes taking place in the job market. ... more People and organizations have been witnessing tremendous changes taking place in the job market. Technologies (ex. AI, machine learning, IoT) are pushing individuals away from their comfort zone and forcing them to adapt, to develop new skills and to reinvent their job positions. Reports on the changes in the workplace and on the workforce have been raising concerns about the potential of AI to replace humans in job positions. The current challenges, brought by the 4th IR, have been providing countless opportunities for business growth, optimization and internationalization; however, tremendous concerns are currently raised regarding the sustainability of the human resources which are currently on the market and of those who are being trained to enter it. In this chapter, the authors focus on administrative job positions, which have been pointed out as one of the most prone to be taken over by AI and identify the already available technologies that can perform the job description ta...
EDULEARN21 Proceedings, 2021
Labcom Books, 2012
VII À Raquel Sombra e Jefferson Oliveira, agradeço por terem sido os responsáveis por me iniciar ... more VII À Raquel Sombra e Jefferson Oliveira, agradeço por terem sido os responsáveis por me iniciar na experimentação animal quando entrei no laboratório; passando as metodologias, as melhores formas de manuseio e ética neste tipo de ensaios. Mesmo que não mais estejam na equipe do laboratório, vocês foram essenciais no desenvolvimento das habilidades que adquiri neste campo. Muito Obrigada! Aos meus colegas de laboratório por todas as experiências vividas, pelas muitas gargalhadas trocadas, pelos diversos momentos de descontração, por estarem sempre dispostos a auxiliarme de todas as formas: Ayrles Brandão,
Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, 2013
Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems, 2020
The recent pandemic caused by COVID-19 has forced unprecedented professional and social changes t... more The recent pandemic caused by COVID-19 has forced unprecedented professional and social changes that affect the way people work, learn and live. Even in an era in which the digitalization of the workplace had been already widely announced, employers and employees had not expected such an urgent digital immersion of jobs with broad impacts on the professional, personal, financial and social dimensions of the workforce. In this paper, the main consequences, challenges, and effects of remote work in Portugal are reported, together with a set of recommendations for employers and workers, which were captured in survey-based research. Results show that professionals are not unanimous towards the benefits of remote work, and while some would like to resume in-person work, a substantial amount of professional, personal and financial benefits are associated to the possibility of working from home. Additionally, and according to pressing changes, professionals put forward several recommendations for employers and peers regarding workload and time management, employee assistance and self-regulated work.
The changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution and by the digital transformation have been ... more The changes brought by the 4th Industrial Revolution and by the digital transformation have been resetting organizations and working methods. Besides the visible alterations in business models, communication, cooperation, relationship between private and professional life and the organizations’ hierarchies, technology has been impacting jobs and employability. Organizations and investigators have been reporting a high and vast number of job positions that are currently at risk of being replaced by technology and automation, as the work becomes more and more digital, virtual and remote. In fact, there is a global tendency of growing and pressing needs and demands converging towards the inevitable redefinition of skills, tasks and responsibilities of a broad number of professionals and careers.
Labcom Books, 2012
This book aims to analyse how contemporary developments in strategic and organisational communica... more This book aims to analyse how contemporary developments in strategic and organisational communication theory contribute to understanding the dialogic paradigm. Special attention is paid both to theoretical approaches to dialogue and to the new tendencies in strategic and organisational communication by looking at campaigns, instruments, and messages that promote dialogue with different publics.
With the collected articles on this volume we attempt to keep alive the debate initiated at the Organisational and Strategic Communication Section Workshop of ECREA that was hosted by the University of Beira Interior and organised by the Laboratory of Online Communication (LabCom), in Covilhã, Portugal, on 5 and 6 May 2011.