Technological advancements are revolutionizing the workplace by enhancing employee performance, safety, and well-being. Innovative tools and systems, such as AI-driven performance analytics, wearable safety devices, and digital wellness platforms, allow organizations to create productive, secure, and supportive work environments. These technologies enable real-time monitoring and feedback, encourage proactive safety measures, and offer personalized wellness solutions, contributing to employee engagement and job satisfaction. Businesses must integrate these cutting-edge technologies to boost operational efficiency while fostering a healthy, motivated workforce. Technological Enhancements for Improving Employee Performance, Safety, and Well-Being explores the integration of new technology for improved employee safety, mental health, and workplace performance. The inclusion of data analytics and intelligent technologies for human resources, and the importance of human-machine interactions, are examined. This book covers topics such as wearable technology, human resources, and artificial intelligence, and is a useful resource for computer engineers, business owners, sociologists, psychologists, human resource professionals, academicians, scientists, and researchers.

This is an open access book. ASEAN countries are diverse, with GDP per capita ranging from about USD1,297 in Myanmar, a lower-middle income country, to USD64,041 in Singapore, a high-income advanced economy (World Economic Outlook Database, IMF, April 2019). ASEAN marked its 50th anniversary in 2017 with relatively successful and prosperous development in five decades, with establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 as one the key milestones as well as the achievements of Millennium Development Goals 2015. Building on the past successes via Millennium Development Goals 2015, especially in areas such as poverty eradication, better health outcomes and quality education, ASEAN countries are poised to make a more inclusive progress towards the newly adopted development agenda of Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDG 2030), which cover a wider set of interlinked development objectives under its 17 goals. The economic dynamism of the ASEAN region on the back of its strong income growth, continuous structural transformation and infrastructure improvements is expected to support sustainable development in the region. From the IMF Report (September 2018), most ASEAN countries, with their continued income growth and strong policy efforts, are on track to eradicate absolute poverty by 2030, while some of these countries are already doing well in terms of gender equality. Similarly, improvement in universal primary education completion is one of the key progress areas made by the majority of ASEAN countries. Despite these achievements, challenges persist, hence, we need to ensure a more inclusive and environmentally sustainable development in the region. Income inequality remains relatively high in several countries, and the shift towards manufacturing has strained environmental sustainability in the region. Furthermore, the other remaining development challenges call for a more comprehensive and integrated approach via the intra-ASEAN initiatives.

The three-volume set LNCS 12181, 12182, and 12183 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human Computer Interaction thematic area of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020.* A total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2020 proceedings from a total of 6326 submissions. The 145 papers included in these HCI 2020 proceedings were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: design theory, methods and practice in HCI; understanding users; usability, user experience and quality; and images, visualization and aesthetics in HCI. Part II: gesture-based interaction; speech, voice, conversation and emotions; multimodal interaction; and human robot interaction. Part III: HCI for well-being and Eudaimonia; learning, culture and creativity; human values, ethics, transparency and trust; and HCI in complex environments. *The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Digital technologies maintain an important tool in today’s business economy. As the economy continues to change, businesses seek out solutions in order to enhance and develop their organization. Business Innovation, Development, and Advancement in the Digital Economy highlights the competitive advantages on the emerging digital economy. Bringing together the classic economy theory and the developments of new technology, this book provides research on current innovations in the digital economy. It is vital resource for practitioners, researchers as well as graduate and undergraduate students.

Technological enhancements are transforming the modern workforce through transhumanism, a movement that explores the integration of advanced technology with human capabilities. By leveraging innovations such as brain-computer interfaces, augmented reality, and AI-driven cognitive tools, organizations can amplify employee potential while redefining productivity and creativity. These technologies also enable workers to enhance cognitive functions and adapt to complex tasks. As transhumanist ideals become prevalent, businesses must use this lens to create a more agile and capable workforce, where human and machine collaboration leads to efficiency and innovation. Enhancing the Modern Workforce Through Transhumanism examines the effects of transhumanism on modern employees and their potential productivity and efficiency. It offers solutions for workplace development using technology like robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmentation, and data analysis. This book covers topics such as digital technology, ethics, and workplace culture, and is a useful resource for computer engineers, human resource professionals, business owners, healthcare workers, economists, academicians, scientists, and researchers.

This volume presents articles which focus on the ethical evaluation of performance-enhancing technologies in sport. The collection considers whether drug doping should be banned; the rationale of not banning ethically contested innovations such as hypoxic chambers; and the implications of the prospects of human genetic engineering for the notion of sport as a development of ’natural’ talent towards human excellence. The essays demonstrate the significance of the principles of preventing harm, ensuring fairness and preserving meaning to appraise whether a particular performance enhancer is acceptable in the context of sport. Selected essays on various forms of human enhancement outside of sport that highlight other principles and concepts are included for comparative purpose. Sport enhancement provides a useful starting point to work through the ethics of enhancement in other human practices and endeavors, and sport enhancement ethics should track broader bioethical debates on human enhancement. As a whole, the volume points to the need to consider the values and meanings that people seek in a given sphere of human activity and their associated principles to arrive at a morally grounded and reasonable approach to enhancement ethics.

Marketing and consumer science are undergoing a seismic shift, propelled by an array of dynamic trends and advancements. Technological advancements, along with shifting socioeconomic and geopolitical factors, have transformed consumer behaviors and preferences in unprecedented ways. As a result, anticipating emerging trends and adapting strategies accordingly has become essential for success in this dynamic landscape. New Trends in Marketing and Consumer Science is the groundbreaking solution poised to revolutionize how academia approaches the study of marketing and consumer science. This book offers a roadmap for scholars to navigate the evolving landscape with confidence and foresight while delving into the trends shaping the future of these disciplines. From AI and machine learning to sustainability and ethical marketing, each chapter provides invaluable insights and practical strategies for addressing the challenges of today and anticipating those of tomorrow.