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Borle, Prem
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Boerner-Zobel, Franziska
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Voelter-Mahlknecht, Susanne
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Hasselhorn, Hans Martin
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Ebener, Melanie
dc.date.accessioned
2022-09-09T09:42:57Z
dc.date.available
2022-09-09T09:42:57Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/36242
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-35958
dc.description.abstract
Purpose: Older employees are often thought to be vulnerable to negative effects of information and communication technology (ICT). Our study aims to examine associations between work-related ICT exposure (i.e. ICT use or digital work intensification), physical health, mental health and work ability (WA). We examine whether these associations are modified by socio-economic position (SEP).
Methods: We analysed cross-sectional data from 3180 participants (born in 1959 and 1965) in wave 3 of the representative German lidA cohort study. We performed hierarchical multiple regression to assess the distinct associations of ICT use and digital work intensification with mental and physical health and WA. We stratified analyses by SEP and controlled for age, sex, and digital affinity.
Results: 92% of participants reported ICT use at work. Almost 20% reported high levels of digital work intensification, while a similar proportion did not experience digital work intensification. In bivariate analyses, ICT use by itself was not significantly associated with mental health or WA in the total sample or when stratified. Digital work intensification displayed negative associations with mental health and WA. In hierarchical multiple regressions, digital work intensification showed consistently negative associations with mental health and work ability of similar strength across SEP.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that ICT use, per se, does not negatively impact older workers. Digital work intensification may be associated with worse mental health and work ability. Research on health and social implications of work-related ICT should differentiate patterns of ICT exposure and assess modifications by SEP to better gauge the ambiguous effects of ICT.
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dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Technostress
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dc.subject
Digital divide
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Ageing workers
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Job requirement level
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Occupational status
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Workplace well-being
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dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
dc.title
The social and health implications of digital work intensification. Associations between exposure to information and communication technologies, health and work ability in different socio-economic strata
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1007/s00420-020-01588-5
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
Springer Nature
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
377
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
390
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
94
refubium.affiliation
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
refubium.funding
Springer Nature DEAL
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pmid
33084928
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
0340-0131
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1432-1246