Eine neue Studie hat gezeigt, dass Mitarbeiter aufgrund ihrer „Hypervernetzung“ mit digitaler Technologie einer psychischen und physischen Techno-Belastung ausgesetzt sind, die es ihnen erschwert, von der Arbeit abzuschalten.
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/being-digitally-hyperconnected-causes-techno-strain-for-employees
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I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/organizational-psychology/articles/10.3389/forgp.2024.1392997/full
From the linked article:
A new study has shown that employees are experiencing mental and physical techno-strain due to being ‘hyperconnected’ to digital technology making it difficult for people to switch off from work.
Researchers from the University of Nottingham’s Schools of Psychology and Medicine conducted detailed interviews with employees from a range of professions and found that the cognitive and affective effort associated with constant connectivity and high work pace driven by the digital workplace is detrimental to employee wellbeing. The results have been published today in Frontiers in Organizational Psychology.
This new paper is the final part of a research project exploring the ‘dark side effects’ of digital working which include stress, overload, anxiety and fear of missing out. The results highlight an overarching theme of ‘digital workplace technology intensity’ as a result of digital workplace job demands.
The findings in this latest paper indicate a sense of burden associated with working digitally which surfaced for most participants in perceptions of overload and feelings of being overwhelmed by the proliferation of messages, applications and meetings in the digital workplace. Fear of missing out on important information and contact with colleagues also contributed to stress and strain for digital workers, as did hassles encountered when using digital technologies.
As much as it’s tempting to examine this as a technology issue (more connectivity with work), it seems to me more of a labor issue. Employers are expecting more and more employees to be on-call or near to it. In addition to chronic understaffing across industries.
Whenever I tell people I don’t use identified social media, they look at me baffled. I always tell them that I had bad mental health when I was an adolescent. When I noticed life was simpler and less stressful when I wasn’t constantly connected, I made the choice to sign off basically for good.
That doesn’t mean be distant or avoidant, it means that you respect yourself, your privacy, and the privacy of others enough that you don’t feel the need to be constantly engaged.