Health and safety in the workplace are part of the EU policy on employment and social affairs, under the Rights at Work directives. However, in spite of the large sums spent on risk prevention, there are certain areas where results are still limited. The negative impact on productivity represents a major hidden cost in many organisations but especially in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Developing Competences for Stress Resilience @SMEs (DeSTRESS) aims to provide an innovative VET-based solution to this problem. Building on existing research, partners will develop a VET curriculum supported by an innovative VET Digital Training Platform using the latest techniques in game-based training and gamification, complemented by a set of practical tools and resources to facilitate the transfer of learning into the workplace.
TECHNOSTRESS - HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR EVERYDAY AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE?
❎ According to a study by the British authority that regulates the telecommunications and media market, two-fifths of adults in the UK pick up the phone right after waking up. In the group of people under 35, the number of respondents who start their day with a smartphone increases to almost two-thirds.
❎ Smartphones occupy a particularly important position in the lives of most of us. They accompany us at work, at home, during meetings with friends (always present at the table in a restaurant or cafe), often even in bed.
❎ As it turns out, it has an impact on our lives and, unfortunately, as shown by the latest research, this impact is not positive. Although modern technologies have improved many aspects of our daily lives (e.g. reducing distances, enabling access and processing large amounts of information, etc.), the use of these technologies can also have adverse effects.
‼️TECHNOSTRESS - as scientists define it - is the experience of stress by an IT user while using technology ‼️
👉According to British psychology professor Cary Cooper, technostress began when we compulsively checked our e-mail (even after work), and smartphones became a permanent fixture in our lives.
👉People who constantly check their e-mail (but also other places where we exchange messages) are information overload. Cooper points out that phones distract us from our tasks while at work, and deprive us of sleep at night, when we should allow our brains to completely rest. On weekends, we devote our time to them, no longer entering into such direct and close relationships with family and friends as we used to do before.
👉Another problem is social media addiction, which is being talked about more and more around the world. According to research, last year the average adult worldwide spent 5.9 hours a day using digital media, 3.3 hours of which were spent on mobile devices. The vast majority of the time when we use mobile phones and tablets is spent on using social networks.
👉Social media also affects our performance while working. The problem of addiction to compulsive checking of content on favorite websites can permanently reduce productivity while performing work tasks and lead to increased work-related stress and an excess of processed information.
How to deal with it ❓❓ How to counteract the negative effects of using IT❓❓
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We are working on this in the partnership of the deSTRESS project, which we have been implementing since last autumn under the Erasmus + Program.
More information soon.
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Health and safety in the workplace are part of the EU policy on employment and social affairs, under the Rights at Work directives. However, in spite of the large sums spent on risk prevention, there ...
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