Recovery from Technostress: How to Prevent Psychosocial Hazards That Extend Beyond the Workplace

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• Personal Author:
  Ragsdale J
• Description:
  Call it what you like-the digital era, Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution-but rapidly evolving technology continues to impact how people do their work. Robots have advanced from human-operated machines into collaborative autonomous robotic coworkers, or co-bots, that can stand in for workers in hazardous situations, take over repetitive work that contributes to fatigue, and improve efficiency. Artificial intelligence and algorithms help power these co-bots while also streamlining personnel management processes and simplifying the synthesis and visualization of high-volume organizational data. Digitalization of work and information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as email, video conferencing, and cloud-based collaboration tools, make it easier than ever for people to work from anywhere at any time, to the benefit of multinational enterprises and working parents alike. Despite these benefits, technology can introduce psychosocial hazards, too. Often more difficult to observe than physical hazards, psychosocial hazards are the detrimental psychological working conditions or stressors associated with the design, management, organization, and socioeconomic context of work. Introducing new technologies, like co-bots, AI, and ICTs, can sometimes worsen existing psychosocial hazards or create new ones, which can exacerbate workers' stress, challenge their ability to cope, and increase risks for poor health and well-being. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Future Of Work Job Stress Psychosocial Factors Robotics Well-being
• ISSN:
  1066-7660
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070148
• Citation:
  Synergist 2024 Sep; 35(9):
• Email:
  jragsdale@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Synergist
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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