Balkeran, A. (2020). Hustle culture and the implications for our workforce [Master’s thesis, Baruch College, The City University of New York]. CUNY Academic Works. Web.
This article ( Balkeran, 2020) was published by CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College, and its author is a master of arts in corporate communications. The main aim of the work is to examine “the hustle culture” in the workforce and how employee engagement or lack of it affects the quality of professional relationships in the workplace. Balkeran claims that the idea of hustle plays a crucial role in both defining and enabling employee expectations. This study helps to understand the range of employee perceptions of hustle culture in developing professional relationships, which can be helpful in my work. The advantages are that the article analyzes the effect of hustle behaviors and the future of such behavior. The statistics given in the work are also beneficial for understanding this notion better. I like this work because it contained information about the hustle culture and its influence on the relationships between people and the work environment.
Benamar L., Balagué C. & Ghassany M. (2017). The identification and influence of social roles in a social media product community. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 22(6), 337-362.
Journal of computer-mediated communication, which published the article, is a fully open-access scholarly journal that focuses on social science research of computer-based media technologies. Lamya Benamar is a researcher in communication and interactions in social media and consumer experience in connected environments at Telecom School of Management. In this article Benamar et al. (2017) investigate the activity, shared content, and position in the network of people within a social media-based community. This research focuses on identifying social roles and an investigation of their influence in an online context. There was a three-step analysis to further learn about the characters taken by users of social media. The work then identifies ten core roles based on three key elements: object of interest, contribution type, and individual orientation and helps to understand the reasons why people take on a specific type of role on social networks. This study explores the functioning of a user-initiated media community and shows how core members participate differently in community dynamics through the roles they play and how they influence other members. I like this work because it will help me form arguments to demonstrate that when people enter the world of social networks, they take on various roles, glamorizing their lives.
Russo, C., & Simeone, M. (2017). The growing influence of social and digital media. British Food Journal, 199 (8), 55-67. Web.
This source is an article published in an international multi-disciplinary journal for the dissemination of food-related researches. The article develops a theoretical model showing social networks’ influence on consumer behavior and market equilibrium in the food industries. Russo and Simeone (2017) suggest that as social media become more influential, customers become more informed and concerned about the quality of products. The authors use game theory to model the strategic use of social media by firms producing food products. This article, as the ones mentioned above, shows the weight of the opinion of social media and how it affects the choice and behavior of a person. Furthermore, it contributes to the debate about the impact of sometimes excess information on social media. I like this source as it puts forth essential information about the influence of social media in the modern world.
Stokes, J., & Price, B. (2017). Social media, visual culture and contemporary identity.The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal, 41(2), 1-16.
Stokes, J., & Price, B. (2017) is an article published in The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal, which publishes research articles, reviews, and letters in the interdisciplinary areas of Cybernetics, Systems Engineering, Systemics and Informatics, including human-computer interactions. This source points at that regular social media use leads to the development of shifts in people’s representation. Stokes and Price (2017) use Social Learning Theory to explore social media use for identity construction. The authors note that building a personal image on social networks takes much time and effort. On the other hand, social media inspire and provide breakthrough stories to motivate people to move forward. This work considers the disadvantages of social networking, such as identity changes and cyberbullying. Despite the presence of negative elements, all downsides can be managed with careful guidance and informed approaches using critical analysis and the ability to make informed choices in visual culture. I like this work because it allows me to make a balanced argument, such as it is not always social media that sets unrealistic standards, but the users themselves.
Tiggemann, M., & Anderberg, I. (2020). Social media is not real: The effect of “Instagram vs reality” images on women’s social comparison and body image. New Media & Society, 22(12), 2183–2199.
This article (Tiggemann, M., & Anderberg, I. 2020) was published in the New Media& Society journal, which provides an interdisciplinary forum for the examination of the social dynamics of media and information change. The study examines the effect of social media on a body image of a person. It shows what a negative impact such social media as Instagram can have on a person. The work is based on experimental work with 305 participants. This study also provides experimental literature surrounding such social media as Instagram and its impact. I intend to use this article to identify the role and importance of social media in a modern person’s life. I like this source as it puts forth various research methods used, which can be incorporated into my work.
Valcour, Monique. (2016). 4 Steps to beating burnout. Harvard Business Review. Web.
This article (Valcour, 2016) is published by Harvard Business Review, which provides articles in the areas of business strategy, general management, technology, leadership, human resources, and innovation. Moniqe Valcour (2016) is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and management professor who helps clients get high-performance careers and lives. The article describes ways of dealing with the notion of burnout. The author presents methods used in the study and shows how stress as a fact of professional life and extreme and unrelenting pressures can lead to burnout. There are four main strategies: shifting perspectives, reducing exposure to job stressors, seeking out connections, and prioritizing self-care. The research links burnout to many adverse physical and mental health outcomes. This article can be helpful in my research as it provides ways to combat burnout and maintain motivation in achieving wealth as a goal.
Van der Zwan, P., Hessels, J. & Burger, M. (2020). Happy free willies? Investigating the relationship between freelancing and subjective well-being. Small Bus Econ 55, 475-491.
This article is published in Small Business Economics journal, which covers original, rigorous theoretical, and empirical researches addressing all aspects of entrepreneurship and small business economics. Van der Zwan et al. explore subjective levels of well-being in terms of aspects such as life, work, leisure, income, and health satisfaction. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses conducted in this study showed that freelancers are significantly more satisfied with their leisure time than other own-account workers. Despite the above advantages of self-employment, freelancing has such disadvantages as uncertainty and temporality. This resource is beneficial, as it examines the positive aspects of freelancing from many aspects of life, such as leisure, education, transport, and food services. I like this article as the information given in it will be necessary for providing evidence for the glamorization of self-employment.