Traces of Technological Well-being: Digi-uplifters and Digi-downshifters

IF 1 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-30 DOI:10.18291/njwls.137541

Tuuli Turja, J. Hakanen, O. Krutova, Pertti Koistinen

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Abstract

Digitalization adds demands to contend with technological developments for both employees and organizations. At the same time, technological changes transform work to become more intensive and hectic. This study examined determinants of technological well-being after digitized work. Technological well-being was operationalized as Digi-downshifting where decreased workload associates with job satisfaction and as Digi-uplifting where increased workload associates with job satisfaction. A subsample (N = 3321) of workers at digitalized workplaces from the Finnish Quality of Work Life Survey was used in mean comparisons and binary logistic regression analysis. Digi-uplifters emerged as the most predominant profile among categories of technological well-being and ill-being. Extensive working time with technologies and employees’ influencing opportunities at the workplace stood out as the most consistent determinants of technological well-being. Thus, Nordic countries with skilled, technologically oriented workforce and democratic working cultures have particular promise in fostering Digi-uplifting and Digidownshifting at work.

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科技福祉的痕迹:数码提升者和数码下降者

数字化增加了员工和组织应对技术发展的需求。与此同时，技术变革使工作变得更加密集和繁忙。本研究考察了数字化工作后技术幸福感的决定因素。技术幸福感被运作为数码降速，其中工作量减少与工作满意度相关，以及数码提升，其中工作量增加与工作满意度相关。采用芬兰工作生活质量调查中数字化工作场所工人的子样本(N = 3321)进行均值比较和二元逻辑回归分析。在技术福祉和不福祉类别中，数字提升者成为最主要的群体。广泛的技术工作时间和员工在工作场所的影响机会是技术福祉的最一致的决定因素。因此，拥有熟练的、以技术为导向的劳动力和民主工作文化的北欧国家在促进工作中的数字化提升和数字化转换方面特别有希望。

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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-

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1.50

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20.00%

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审稿时长

32 weeks

期刊介绍： The Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies is an international, scientific journal on working life, written in English. The journal is edited by an Editorial Board of 8-15 Editors from Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The journal aims to strengthen the exchange of experiences, perspectives, methods and outcomes of the Nordic working life research across the Nordic countries, and promote Nordic working life research internationally. The mission of the journal is to present studies concerning changes in work and how these changes affect qualifications, health, occupation, innovation, economy, identity, social orientation and culture. The journal aims at an interdisciplinary profile. Most of the articles in the journal have authors from the Nordic countries, but researchers from outside the Nordic region are also invited to contribute to the journal, to the extent that such contributions improve the understanding of Nordic conditions.