The rise of personal Web pages at work

Abstract

A series of 20 interviews in four organizations explores the ways in which employees take advantage of personal web pages to support their work and to reflect who they are. Both interviewee comments and web page examples suggest the importance of individual personalization of information managcmcnt and dissemination, prcscntation and pcrccption of personality, and usage from the reader’s perspective. These results can inform the development of future web technologies for use in organititions. Furthermore, this self representation on web pages is a way of making individual knowledge more available in the workplace.