Understanding how youth employees use slack

William Easley, Darius McCoy, Shawn Grimes, Steph Grimes, Foad Hamidi, Wayne G. Lutters, Amy Hurst

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Abstract

According to the United States Census Bureau, approximately 3.1 million high school students have part time jobs. However, little is known about how youth use communication tools in professional work environments. In this paper, we present preliminary findings from an investigation into how youth employed in a 3D print shop use Slack, a popular workplace communication tool. We focus on qualitative data collected during the print shop’s first year of operation. We provide insight into some of the challenges faced by youth employees while configuring Slack on their devices, and some of the ways that youth needed to adapt into being proactive and responsive in the workspace. These early findings suggest that despite being digital natives with prior experience communicating online, transitioning to Slack was not an entirely natural process. These findings will be used to inform a deeper investigation into the usage of Slack by youth working in technical jobs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCSCW 2018 Companion - Companion of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages221-224
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781450360180
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 30 2018
Event21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2018 - Jersey City, United States
Duration: Nov 3 2018Nov 7 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Conference

Conference21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityJersey City
Period11/3/1811/7/18

Keywords

  • After-school employment
  • Slack
  • Youth
  • Youth employment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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