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The Interplay of Human and Computer in Future Work Practices as an Interdisciplinary (Grand) Challenge

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Acknowledgements

The first author wants to thank Shahper Richter and Michael Koch for their feedback for this paper and their guidance in many other occasions. This study has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 636778.

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  1. IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark

    Alexander Richter

  2. Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Stadthausstrasse 14, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Peter Heinrich

  3. Virtual Vehicle Research Center, Inffeldgasse 21A, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Alexander Stocker

  4. University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050, Zurich, Switzerland

    Gerhard Schwabe

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Richter, A., Heinrich, P., Stocker, A. et al. Digital Work Design. Bus Inf Syst Eng 60, 259–264 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-018-0534-4

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