Study on hyperconnectivity and mental health in the workplace

The INSST has recently presented a technical document titled: "Study on hyperconnectivity and mental health in the workplace." This document analyzes the phenomenon of hyperconnectivity as a consequence of the advance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and its introduction into the workplace. Throughout the study, the focus has been on evaluating the impact of hyperconnectivity on the mental health of working people, through different sociodemographic and organizational factors.

Specifically, it focuses on the following four points:

• Analyze the construct of hyperconnectivity in the workplace and its impact on the mental health of those workers who regularly use ICT in their professional activity

• Develop and apply an evaluation instrument to an incidental sample of workers at the national level, which allows collecting different data in relation to the variables under study: hyperconnectivity, mental health and various sociodemographic and ___

• Study and describe the associations between hyperconnectivity, mental health, and various sociodemographic and organizational variables of interest.

• Provide a set of conclusions and recommendations, in order to prevent the negative effects of hyperconnectivity in the mental health of working people.