TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship amongst technology use, work overload, and psychological detachment from work
AU - Sandoval-Reyes, Juan
AU - Acosta-Prado, Julio C.
AU - Sanchís-Pedregosa, Carlos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Permanent connection to the work world as a result of new technologies raises the possibility of workday extensions and excessive workloads. The present study addresses the relationship between technology and psychological detachment from work resulting from work overload. Participants were 313 professionals from the health sector who responded to three instruments used in similar studies. Through PLS-SEM, regression and dependence analyses were developed, and through the bootstrapping method, significance of factor loadings, path coefficients and variances were examined. Results of the study corroborate a negative effect of technology use on psychological detachment from work and a positive correlation between technology and work overload. Additionally, there is a significant indirect effect of technology on psychological detachment from work as a result of work overload. Findings extend the literature related to the stressor-detachment model, and support the idea that workers who are often connected to their jobs by technological tools are less likely to reach adequate psychological detachment levels. Implications for the academic community and practitioners are discussed.
AB - Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Permanent connection to the work world as a result of new technologies raises the possibility of workday extensions and excessive workloads. The present study addresses the relationship between technology and psychological detachment from work resulting from work overload. Participants were 313 professionals from the health sector who responded to three instruments used in similar studies. Through PLS-SEM, regression and dependence analyses were developed, and through the bootstrapping method, significance of factor loadings, path coefficients and variances were examined. Results of the study corroborate a negative effect of technology use on psychological detachment from work and a positive correlation between technology and work overload. Additionally, there is a significant indirect effect of technology on psychological detachment from work as a result of work overload. Findings extend the literature related to the stressor-detachment model, and support the idea that workers who are often connected to their jobs by technological tools are less likely to reach adequate psychological detachment levels. Implications for the academic community and practitioners are discussed.
KW - PLS-SEM
KW - Psychological detachment
KW - Psychological well-being
KW - Technology use
KW - Work overload
KW - PLS-SEM
KW - Psychological detachment
KW - Psychological well-being
KW - Technology use
KW - Work overload
KW - Workload/psychology
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Job Satisfaction
KW - Young Adult
KW - Health Personnel/psychology
KW - Occupational Stress/psychology
KW - Health Surveys
KW - Technology
KW - Adult
KW - Female
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph16234602
DO - 10.3390/ijerph16234602
M3 - Article in a journal
C2 - 31757025
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 16
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 23
M1 - 4602
ER -
