Shrivastava Apoorva, Sharma Manoj K, Marimuthu P
Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2016 May-Aug;20(2):88-94. doi: 10.4103/0019-5278.197531.
Internet use has revolutionized the pattern of working style at the workplace. It led to an increased use for nonprofessional activities at the workplace. It has been shown to affect productivity at the workplace. There is a dearth of literature from the Indian context in this area.
This study was conducted to explore the pattern of Internet use at the workplace and its dysfunctions.
The present study was a cross-sectional prospective study.
The objective of the study was to assess the pattern of technology use at the workplace. Two hundred and fifty employees having experience of Internet use for more than a year of various Government/Private sector organizations in Bengaluru were assessed using background data sheet. Users who were unwilling to participate were excluded from the study.
29.6% of the participants used mobile phone exclusively. 58.8% of the participants used mobile along with other devices such as desktop, laptop, and tablet at home as well as at work. 64% of the participants reported change in their productivity due to nonwork-related Internet use at the workplace. 42% of the participants acknowledgemed postponement of their work due to Internet activities. 3-5% reported preference for Internet to work, meals, personal hygiene, sleep, and interaction with family members. WhatsApp was the most used application followed by Facebook and Gmail. Gaming applications and messenger applications such as hike and hangouts were used less frequently. Overall, delay in going to sleep was 1.6 hours and early morning awakening was 1.5 hours due to Internet use.
The present study has implications for evolving psychoeducational modules for the promotion of healthy use of technology.
互联网的使用彻底改变了职场的工作方式模式。它导致职场中非专业活动的使用增加。已有研究表明它会影响职场生产力。在这一领域，来自印度背景的文献匮乏。
本研究旨在探索职场中互联网的使用模式及其功能失调情况。
本研究为横断面前瞻性研究。
本研究的目的是评估职场中技术的使用模式。使用背景数据表对班加罗尔各政府/私营部门组织中250名有一年以上互联网使用经验的员工进行评估。不愿参与的用户被排除在研究之外。
29.6%的参与者仅使用手机。58.8%的参与者在家和工作时同时使用手机以及其他设备，如台式电脑、笔记本电脑和平板电脑。64%的参与者报告称，由于职场中与工作无关的互联网使用，他们的生产力发生了变化。42%的参与者承认因互联网活动而推迟了工作。3 - 5%的参与者表示比起工作、用餐、个人卫生、睡眠以及与家人互动，他们更倾向于使用互联网。WhatsApp是使用最多的应用程序，其次是Facebook和Gmail。游戏应用程序以及如hike和hangouts等即时通讯应用程序的使用频率较低。总体而言，由于使用互联网，入睡延迟了1.6小时，清晨醒来提前了1.5小时。
本研究对开发促进健康技术使用的心理教育模块具有启示意义。
