... through an iterative coding process. Findings Autonomy, competence and relatedness emerged as central motivational needs, but their meaning and gratification differed across systemic layers. Autonomy enabled freelancers to integrate work with personal life while exercising professional and commercial...

... approach to technology, helping us better understand this phenomenon and think in new ways about what technological autonomy means. Originality/value The paper brings together the work of Luhmann, Ellul and contemporary researchers to advance a new understanding of technology and technological...

... to demonstrate that the hybrid model of telework positively influences performance via positive affect. Furthermore, the authors identified both personal (emotional intelligence [EI]) and job resources (autonomy) as moderators of this relationship. Design/methodology/approach To test the proposed model...

...Ranulph Glanville; Argyris Arnellos; Thomas Spyrou; John Darzentas Purpose This paper aims to develop the role of autonomy in the emergence of the design process. It shows how the design process is facilitated by autonomy, how autonomy is enhanced through the design process and how the emergence...

...Gianmarco Radice The purpose of this paper is to present a new approach in the concept and implementation of autonomous micro‐spacecraft. The one true “artificial agent” approach to autonomy requires the micro‐spacecraft to interact in a direct manner with the environment through the use of sensors...

... Cybernetics Computing Autonomy Robotics Nanotechnology With the advent of new discoveries in material sciences, it may be possible to construct extremely small robots in the future. Let us further speculate that such robots will be required, for the most part, to move through and act upon...

...‐decentralisation issue? Financial variables; is this a profit oriented organisation? Is it concerned with shareholders’ wealth? Is it a public service or a charity? Cybernetics Viable system model Structures Autonomy Organizations This paper offers an introduction to the Viplan learning...