Browsing by Author "Vartiainen, Matti A."

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Dual role of leadership in ‘Janus-faced’ telework from home
(2023-02) Vartiainen, Matti A.
A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa
The ‘forced’ telework from home during the pandemic changed the practices, routines, and especially the working contexts of many employees in a leadership position as leaders themselves became teleworkers in addition to those they were expected to lead. This chapter looks at the challenges and resources of working from home (WFH)—and their ambivalences—among teleworkers and teleworking leaders during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey data was collected immediately after the lockdown. From this data, two subsets were filtered. First, the responses of teleworkers (N = 228) and, second, of teleworking leaders (N = 195) were identified and analysed in regard to the ‘the most challenging’ and ‘the most rewarding’ issues when working from home. The study shows that telework from home is ‘Janus-faced’: telework is simultaneously challenging and rewarding in several respects. In addition, teleworking leaders have a dual role, as they must both adapt to working at home as teleworkers themselves and to being leaders of homeworkers. The findings can be used for designing, organizing, performing, and leading hybrid work in the future. In this evolving ‘new normal,’ leaders need to adapt to their dual role, learn new leadership competencies, and encourage their employees to lead themselves.
Mobiilin ja monipaikkaisen työn muotoilu
(2019) Hyrkkänen, Ursula; Vartiainen, Matti A.
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Uncertainties and possibilities : Exploring innovation in architecture based on open design competitions in Finland
(2023-08) Saari, Heini; Person, Oscar; Vartiainen, Matti A.
A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
Design competitions form an essential part of architectural work and are widely associated with innovation in architecture. Yet despite scholarly interest in both design competitions and innovation, empirical studies into their relationship in architecture have remained limited. This article puts forward a multidimensional understanding of architectural innovation based on an analysis of documentation from 37 open design competitions in Finland, an architectural context where there is a long-standing and active commitment to design competitions. Three main types of innovation are identified from a wide range of references to innovation in the studied documents. Nevertheless, in a number of competitions, innovation did not emerge as a prime concern, and references to innovation appeared inconsistently. The study thus underlines both the potential diversity and uncertainty of innovation in architecture, while also questioning it’s taken-for-granted status in design competitions. The findings call for a more nuanced consideration of the meaning, scope and practices of innovation in architectural projects and competitions where innovative outcomes are desired.