The Impact of Technology on Workplace Stress
What is stress? "Stress is tension from extraordinary demands, constraints, or opportunities" (Organizational Behavior 165). There are many factors in our daily lives that cause stress, but how does technology affect stress? Does it affect it positively or negatively? Is there anything unethical about the technology and the way it is utilized? Through an exploration of Company A, one will see both the positive and negative impacts of technology on workplace stress and discover some of the underlying ethical issues involved.
Company A utilizes various types of technology, from pagers and cell phones to personal computers and numerous types of technical software. In the article, "Workplace Depression Blamed on IT Stress", David Wiliamson states, "Technology designed to help people work efficiently is now forcing employees into a state of digital depression' " (Williamson 9). In the article, Williamson also refers to a study done......
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