Abstract Book of the 6th International Conference on Research in Human Resource Management
Year: 2025
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Digital Detox in the Age of Hyperconnectivity: Organizational Strategies for Mitigating Technology Overload and Enhancing Employee Flourishing
Andrian Gaju
ABSTRACT:
Hyperconnectivity sits heavy—Germany’s 403 teleworkers carry the load. This study examines that turmoil, gathering data from a two-week survey, April-May 2020, when lockdown forced work online. Stress affected 65 percent, sleep slipped away for 35 percent, unease burdened 40 percent—technology’s push lands rough. Call personnel hit 80 percent stress, technology specialists 70 percent, and hybrid office employees 60 percent—roles divide the burden unevenly. Daily logs over 14 days caught nine-hour screen stretches, tagging 60 percent with brain fog and 30 percent with output drops. Detox nudged some—25 percent, cut tech after hours, stress falling from seven to five, sleep picking up 30 minutes—call personnel took the most. Tarafdar’s technostress notion (2019) catches the 15 percent stress rise after nine hours; Seligman’s flourishing angle (2011) seeks resilience, where 40 percent weaken. Surveys propped it—ten-point stress scores, four-point sleep tallies—broken down with figures and t-tests suggesting detox’s effect. Output declined 30 percent, and firms faltered slightly—technology lifts and then drags. Fixes come awkward—hold video to four hours for call personnel, stop coding as night creeps in for technology specialists, and quiet Slack past 6 p.m. for hybrids. Organizations got to shove it along—25 percent dumping tech grab some ease when the setup shifts, but 75 percent grind on, steady pressure sticking close. Constraints persist—short span, German focus—but 65 percent stress matches APA’s 2017 count. Leaders want this shake, and scholars hunt the threads—hyperconnectivity towers and detox trims it back.
Keywords: Output Decline, Role Differences, Technostress, Telework, Well-being