Digital Addiction of Employees: Damages to Quality of Life in Organizations?

Abstract

Introduction: The expanded use of digital technological has transformed human behavior by altering the collective environment of organizations, by changing people’s dynamics and quality of life. Our objective was to investigate the level of digital addiction among employees in a Brazilian Federal corporation of Information and Communication Technology. method: Online application of a previously validated 20-item questionnaire constructed to evaluate the level of digital addiction within the workplace. A sample of 301 volunteers from the entire staff of the surveyed organization was selected. results: Collected data were submitted to a question-by-question percentage evaluation; individual results were not discussed. Tabulated results were submitted to statistical evaluation and showed the collective level digital addiction detected by each question. Results suggested the occurrence of moderate to severe addiction, but the overall addiction level was low. conclusion: Results demonstrate the digital addiction stage of the sample studied, contribute to the debate of this collective phenomenon in organizations and may stimulate other similar projects.