Off-hours emails turn out to be surprisingly harmful
The relationship between work style and happiness is an area that has been attracting attention in recent years. While long-term telecommuting is required, some people have reported that the line between work and personal life is blurred and adversely affects the mind and body. A survey was conducted on 'stress.' The results show that an environment that requires emails and phone calls during non-working hours is surprisingly harmful to the human body and mind.
Digital communication and work stress in Australian University Staff: a multilevel study --Research --University of South Australia
Do you answer emails outside work hours? Do you send them? New research shows how dangerous this can be
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There is concern that the high education sector in Australia may be straining academic staff due to the high volume of email exchanges. Amy Zado, a psychology researcher at the University of South Australia, and others said that such a burden would make it difficult to maintain quality staff and could affect future GDP. Conducted a survey of more than 2,200 academic staff from 40 universities from June to November 2020.
As a result of the investigation, the following three points were first found.
1. 1. Twenty-one percent of the respondents have 'bosses who ask for answers to work-related emails and phone calls after work.'
2. Fifty-five percent of respondents sent work-related digital communications to their colleagues after the evening.
3. 3. Thirty percent of the respondents had work-related digital communications with their colleagues over the weekend, hoping for a response during the day.
Based on the above, when the respondents were divided into groups and compared, the group with 'bosses requesting responses to work-related emails and phone calls after work' was more stressed than the group without such bosses. Strongly reported level and emotional fatigue. In addition, many people complained of physical symptoms such as headaches and back pain.
In addition, those who felt that their colleagues were asking for a post-work communication response had higher levels of psychological stress, more emotional fatigue, and the same physical bosses as those who did not. It was also found that he had symptoms.
This survey was conducted on academic staff working at universities, but
In a survey by Zado et al., 31% of respondents reported moderate to severe mental illness, and 62% of these respondents said they were 'bad' about the social and psychological safety climate of the workplace. In contrast, it is estimated that 20% of all Australian adults have experienced a mental illness in the last 12 months, and the proportion of those surveyed who report a mental illness is slightly higher.
Zadou said, also waits for the contact of the work at homehyperarousal pointed out and becomes a state, affects the metabolism and immune, that is likely to occur health problems such as infection, high blood pressure, depression to disease. Recent studies conducted by the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization have also shown that they may increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Another problem is that receiving an email outside of working hours limits the person's social interaction , exercise , or time spent in nature. Such activities have been shown to improve a person's stress status.
The 'right to disconnect' that turns off digital devices and refuses to contact work outside of working hours is being called out mainly in Europe, and the 'Overtime Email Prohibition Law' has also started in France. If non-working emails are deteriorating the health of many people, these legislations should help improve the situation, Zado said.
'Right to disconnect' that turns off digital devices during off-hours and refuses to contact work is promoted in Europe --GIGAZINE
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