Workaholism, in recent years, has taken a regular behaviour pattern among professionals. While self-negligence is assumed as a hallmark of workaholism, empirical data in this case stands to be both narrow and paradoxical. It seems that the uprising economy and the fierce market competition have prompted organizations in rewarding those employees whom they find are keen in working hard for a career. The modern developments like high speed data connections add more to this belief, as this makes possible for the employees who would like to work at any place and at any given point of time. These day-to-day advancements may likely kindle employees to work long hours. Some employees work exceptionally for long hours with passion, just for the fun of it. However, working stretched hours might be an indication of work obsession: an irrepressible liking for work. To further understand the impact of such situation, this study has made a modest effort in exploring the relationship between workaholism, perceived work-related stress, different job conditions and intensifying anxiety among IT professionals in Delhi/NCR. The sampling procedure for the study was purposive. Result of the study found workaholism to be imperative in explicating work culture and work conditions as predictors of stress and anxiety at work. Moreover, the study would prove helpful to academia and industry professionals to understand the workaholic behaviour of the IT professionals in the new phase of globalization and economic boom.
INTRODUCTION: The Covid-19 pandemic has made a student dependent on their phones as a result of which, these students were glued to their phones for various tasks. AIM: To assess the level of mobile phone dependence (nomophobia) on students of healthcare colleges and institutions in and around a South Indian city. MATERIALS AND METHOD: The study was cross-sectional in nature. Mobile phone dependence was obtained from Raines ML et al. and modified accordingly. Score obtained below 20, 20–24, and above 24 were labelled as participants not at risk, at risk, and nomophobia, respectively. Students aged 17 years or higher and using mobile phones on a regular basis (atleast for 4 months) for at least 1–2 hours per day we included and those reporting a history of alcohol or substance abuse and any psychiatric or sleep disorder were excluded. Data was entered into SPSS version 24.0 and statistical test used were the student’s t-test and logistic regression and Pearson’s correlation keeping p value significant at ≤0.5. RESULTS: Most of the students were males (53.9%) and most students were ≥20 years in age (43.5%). 46% of the students reported using their smartphone for more than 2 hours a day and 59.9% of them reported having a poor sleep quality index of >5 (59.9%). Most of the students (40%) reported a nomophobic score of >24, With 53.2% and 51.3% females. Analysis of the logistic regression revealed a positive, linear and significant association with higher nomophobic scores and poor sleep quality index scores (r=+0.69, p=0.02 for nomophobic score >24). CONCLUSION: The present study revealed a high on nomophobia prevalence among students of healthcare colleges and institutions, which needs urgent intervention as these students are becoming addicted to smartphone usage.
Workaholism, in recent years, has become a regular behaviour pattern among professionals. While self-negligence is assumed as a hallmark of workaholism, empirical data in this case stands to be both narrow and paradoxical. Modern developments like high-speed data connections add more to this belief, as this makes it possible for employees who would like to work at any place and at any given point of time to work. Workaholism is found to affect several important domains of life. With regards to work domain, workaholics commonly seem to have poor associations with their peer/colleagues, most likely on the grounds that they often feel the need to control them and experience issues with delegating work. Given that the amount of time they invested in their work leaves little energy for them for other activities, also the social life outside work gets hampered. This chapter explores the relationship between workaholism, perceived work-related stress, different job conditions, and intensifying anxiety among IT professionals in Delhi/NCR.
In the ongoing climate of digital transformation, the interrelationship between employee and employer has been redefined. The technological era has caused a drastic change in business functioning and traditional hierarchies. A paradigm shift is being witnessed in production as well as service delivery models. The companies are now altering their whole corporate model from conventional to hybrid. Thus, employee engagement practices do not remain untouched by this ongoing change. Web-based technologies are transforming HR services; hence, HR professionals today need not only skills and knowledge but also their implementation via digital mode. As digitalization spreads to every corner of business functioning, its effective and significant presence in HR strategies for engaging and retaining employees will prove to be more fruitful than the traditional approach. Digitalized engagement models provide benefits not only to the organization but also to the employees, as they provide more transparency and flexibility in practice and ultimately lead the business to achieve optimum efficiency. This paper is based on secondary data, for which extensive literature reviews and information from HR magazines and news articles were gathered. An attempt has been made by the researcher to find out employee engagement practices and the role of digital innovation in employee engagement with their redesigning in changing scenarios. The paper also suggests how to engage employees more effectively by using digital technologies and to achieve greater efficiency and sustainability.
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