New technologies and psychosocial risks
Do you remember what work was like before the appearance of new technologies? Are you aware of how they are present even in the seemingly simplest tasks? Today many jobs still have a marked manual component but the vast majority have been incorporating tools linked to new technologies.
The revolution that this has brought about in our daily work life and the amount of benefits and comforts that it has brought us is very evident but there is also a less friendly side, a side with a series of psychosocial risks related to the use of these technologies.
So much so that it is increasingly common to hear terms such as techno-stress, which is nothing more than that unpleasant state of physiological activation in which tension and concern increases due to the use of some “indispensable” electronic device, which is translates into fear, feelings of inability, skeptical attitudes or rejection of its use.
Another fact that can accentuate the psychosocial risk of the worker who daily handles elements related to new technologies is the nature of his hyperconnectivity, en an increasingly hyperconnected world it is almost impossible to disconnect a few days, a few hours or minutes during the day. The temptation to check our work email during our vacation for fear of not knowing if there is an important email pending response, or receiving a WhatsApp or call from a client outside of working hours, leads us to the fact that not even during those moments of leisure and free time can we detach ourselves from the stress associated with work. The immediacy, the 'always on', the quick response, the easy accessibility or the feeling of total control that hyperconnectivity provides us are great enemies of psychosocial risk.
The labor landscape is advancing in parallel with society and it is estimated that in the immediate future most jobs will be, in one way or another, digitalized. This is why we must move towards sustainable digitalization, which is safe, responsible, universal and, above all, inclusive.
And not only that, but the evaluation of psychosocial risks must advance in parallel in companies. In this sense, work.
The campaign has three videos that address different aspects of psychosocial management in companies. In the first video, aimed at company management, the message is conveyed that taking care of people is taking care of the organizations' own health.In the second video, aimed at those responsible for prevention, the management of psychosocial health at work is presented as an opportunity to improve organizations. Finally, the third, aimed at workers, tries to raise awareness that health in the company is everyone's business, both the companies and the workers themselves, assuming the responsibility of taking care of themselves not only on the physical level, but also on the emotional level.
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