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Vor-und Nachteile der Digitalisierung bei der Arbeit von Sprachexpertinnen und –experten (2020)
Selkälä, S., & Virtaluoto, J. (2020). Vor-und Nachteile der Digitalisierung bei der Arbeit von Sprachexpertinnen und –experten. In H. Hirsto, M. Enell-Nilsson, H. Kauppinen-Räisänen, & N. Keng (Eds.), Työelämän viestintä III, Arbetslivskommunikation III, Workplace Communication III, Kommunikation im Berufsleben III : VAKKI-symposiumi XL. Vaasa 6. – 7.2.2020 (pp. 224-237). Vaasan yliopisto. VAKKI publications, 12. https://vakki.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/VAKKI2020_SelkalaVirtaluoto_pdf.pdf
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Selkälä, Satu; Virtaluoto, Jenni
Parent publication: Työelämän viestintä III, Arbetslivskommunikation III, Workplace Communication III, Kommunikation im Berufsleben III : VAKKI-symposiumi XL. Vaasa 6. – 7.2.2020
Parent publication editors: Hirsto, Heidi; Enell-Nilsson, Mona; Kauppinen-Räisänen, Hannele; Keng, Nicole
Conference:
- VAKKI Symposium
Place and date of conference: Vaasa, 6.7.2.2020
eISBN: 978-952-68538-9-5
Journal or series: VAKKI publications
ISSN: 2242-6841
eISSN: 2242-685X
Publication year: 2020
Number in series: 12
Pages range: 224-237
Number of pages in the book: 294
Publisher: Vaasan yliopisto
Place of Publication: Vaasa
Publication country: Finland
Publication language: German
Persistent website address: https://vakki.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/VAKKI2020_SelkalaVirtaluoto_pdf.pdf
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74068
Abstract
tasks are changing are relatively rare (Dufva et al. 2017). This article builds on our alumni study (Selkälä,
Tahkokorpi & Virtaluoto 2018), in which we discovered that despite the perceived changes in working life
- often called the disruption of work - the foreign language alumni of the Oulu University have found permanent positions in the traditional professions of language graduates with relative ease. For them, the
disruption of work has not affected employability or the terms of employment. To investigate how working
life has changed for people in these professions, we gathered group and individual interview data in 2018-
2019 on the career development of language professionals. We transcribed the data and analyzed it through
thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke 2012). This article discusses the main theme we discovered in the data:
the digitalization of work. Based on the data, digitalization has had a profound impact on the work of
language professionals, but teachers and other language professionals experience this impact very differently. We conclude by suggesting ways in which the effects of digitalization could be managed.
Keywords: foreign languages; specialists (experts); language teachers; working life; change; digitalisation; higher education (teaching); alumni
Free keywords: Alumni; Digitalisierung; Lehrende; Sprachexpertinnen und -experten; Veränderungen im Arbeitsleben
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2020
JUFO rating: 1
