Big data and employee wellbeing: walking the tightrope between utopia and dystopia

Axtell, C., Taylor, M. and Wessels, B. (2019) Big data and employee wellbeing: walking the tightrope between utopia and dystopia. Social Sciences, 8(12), 321. (doi: 10.3390/socsci8120321)

Abstract

This special issue was inspired by an Economic & Social Research Council funded seminar series that explored the possibilities for using Big Data and data analytics for assessing health and wellbeing risks within organisations. The aim of this special issue was to build on some of the themes developed in the seminar series and draw together and update some key insights from different disciplinary perspectives on the opportunities, challenges and lessons that could be applied in this area. This editorial, therefore, draws together the findings and themes from the submitted papers and interprets these in light of the findings from the seminar series.

• Item Type: Articles (Editorial)
• Additional Information: The seminar series that inspired this special issue was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Grant title: Exploring Big Data to Examine Employee Health and Wellbeing: A Seminar Series, grant number: ES/N00891X/1.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Wessels, Professor Bridgette
• Authors: Axtell, C., Taylor, M., and Wessels, B.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Journal Name: Social Sciences
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2076-0760
• ISSN (Online): 2076-0760
• Published Online: 22 November 2019
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2019 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Social Sciences 8(12): 321
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License