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Användningen av smarta mobiltelefoners betydelse för upplevelsen av stress inom arbetslivet
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
2014 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Smartphone usage and It´s implications for percieved stress at the workplace (English)
Abstract [sv]

Studien har undersökt förhållandet mellan användningen av smarta mobiltelefoner och upplevelsen av stress bland arbetstagare. Enligt hypotesen fanns det ett samband mellan ökad arbetsrelaterad användning av smarta mobiltelefoner och en ökad upplevelse av stress, i synnerhet när användningen upplevdes störa fritiden. Totalt besvarade 154 stycken arbetstagare, rekryterade från privat- och offentlig sektor, en webbenkät som mätte användningen av smarta mobiltelefoners omfattning och beskaffenhet i förhållande till Cohen´s skala för upplevd stress (Cohen, Kamarck och Mermelstein, 1983). Resultatet visade att en ökad upplevelse av stress hade ett samband med ökad användning av smarta mobiltelefoner oavsett om den var privatrelaterad eller arbetsrelaterad, och framförallt om användningen upplevdes störa fritiden. Eftersom den arbetsrelaterade användningen inte hade något enskilt samband med upplevelsen av stress uppfylldes studiens hypotes endast delvis. Användningsområden som kunde relateras till förhöjd stress var internetanvändning, SMS och MMS, samt användningen av "appar" (mobila applikationer). Det fanns däremot inget samband mellan ökad e-postanvändning och en ökad upplevelse av stress parallellt med att de som var minst stressade använde e-post mest, vilket inte var i linje med tidigare forskning som indikerar det motsatta (Middleton & Cukier, 2006; Elworthy, 2010). Studien har bidragit med insikter om hur användningen av smarta mobiltelefoner kan hanteras av arbetstagare, organisationer och arbetsgivare för att reducera upplevelsen av stress.

Abstract [en]

The study examined the relationship between smartphone usage and perceived stress among employees. According to the hypothesis, there would be a correlation between increasingly work-related smartphone usage and increased perception of stress, especially when the use were perceived to interfere spare time. A webb-survey that measured the amplitude and nature of smartphone usage in relation to Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, and Mermelstein, 1983) were answered by a total of 154 employees recruited from the private and public sectors. The results suggested that increased perception of stress was related with increased smartphone usage, whether it was work-related or private-related, and especially if the usage perceived to interfere spare time. Since the work-related usage specifically didn´t correlate with the perception of stress the hypothesis where only partially supported. Use that could be related to increased stress was SMS- and MMS-messaging, and the use of internet and mobile application usage. However, there was no association between increased e-mail usage and an increased perception of stress, since those who were the least stressed actually used e-mail more often, which is inconsistent with previous research that indicates the opposite (Middleton & Cukier, 2006; Elworthy, 2010). The study has contributed with knowledge of smartphone usage and how it can be handled by employees, organizations and companies to reduce the perception of stress.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. , p. 26
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-26876OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-26876DiVA, id: diva2:802169
Subject / course
Psychology
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2015-04-13 Created: 2015-04-10 Last updated: 2015-04-13Bibliographically approved

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