Survey Technostress
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Survey Technostress
Project Number
292
Abstract
In this survey employees are being asked about their employment conditions and the potential influence of the use of IT in their work.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
06-01-2020
End date
25-02-2020
Researcher
Dirk Scheele (Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW))
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2023 Centerdata
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-x5n-82vj
Funding Organization
ODISSEI
OCW (Domeinplan SSH)
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) – Directorate Job market and Socio-Economic Affairs (ASEA)
OCW (Domeinplan SSH)
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) – Directorate Job market and Socio-Economic Affairs (ASEA)
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
English CSV file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label |
|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of the household member encrypted |
| vh20a_m | Year and month of the field work period |
| vh20a001 | According to our information, you are performing paid work at present. Is that correct? |
| vh20a002 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT equipment? Mobile or fixed phone |
| vh20a003 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT equipment? Computer (desktop, laptop or tablet) |
| vh20a004 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT equipment? Other devices with an online or mobile connection |
| vh20a005 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Making calls using (mobile) phone |
| vh20a006 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Communication using apps (e.g. WhatsApp) |
| vh20a007 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Communication via email |
| vh20a008 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Screen work to process information (texts, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.) |
| vh20a009 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Applications to record your work results – e.g. (self) registration of time spent on various tasks |
| vh20a010 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Appraising the quality of your work by customers or clients using feedback devices, text messaging or similar IT applications |
| vh20a011 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Digital systems or computer networks to retrieve or receive information; e.g. consulting or updating databases |
| vh20a012 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Information-based activities, such as planning journeys, planning production, or work roster systems |
| vh20a013 | Does your work require you to personally work with the following IT applications? Software to program |
| vh20a014 | How many hours a week did you work in the past six months, on average? |
| vh20a015 | What percentage of these hours do you spend on screen-based work (desktop, laptop, monitor, notebook, tablet and/or smartphone), on average? |
| vh20a016 | Were you given any new tasks to perform in the past five years? Or since you starting working in your present position, if this is less than five years. |
| vh20a017 | In the past five years, were any of your tasks taken over by machines, digital systems, robots or other technical devices? Or since you starting working in your present position, if this is less than five years. |
| vh20a018 | Due to the use of new machines, digital systems, robots or other technical devices, my work activities have become physically less taxing in the past five years. |
| vh20a019 | Due to the use of new machines, digital systems, robots or other technical devices, my work activities have become mentally more exhausting in the past five years. |
| vh20a020 | Has the use of new machines, digital systems, robots or other technical devices in your work shifted the emphasis to more interesting tasks for you in the past five years? |
| vh20a021 | Does your work expose you to a real risk of occupational accidents? |
| vh20a022 | Has the use of new machines, digital systems, robots or other technical devices made your work safer for you, in the past five years? |
| vh20a023 | Please indicate for the following statements whether they apply to you. I am well able to use the IT applications commonly used in my work. |
| vh20a024 | Please indicate for the following statements whether they apply to you. My employer has provided sufficient training to be able to use the IT applications commonly used in my work. |
| vh20a025 | Please indicate for the following statements whether they apply to you. I acquired sufficient computer skills through self-study and/or by using IT to be able to do my work well. |
| vh20a026 | Does the information you receive through IT equipment (telephone, email, screen) have an influence on the sequence of your work activities, and/or the tempo of your work? |
| vh20a027 | When using IT applications in your work, are you free to carry out your activities as you see fit or are there any prescribed methods of operation, protocols or formats that limit your freedom? |
| vh20a028 | Do you depend on a computer network for your work? |
| vh20a029 | When performing my work, I lose time or am interrupted by a slow computer system or by computer failure. |
| vh20a030 | I am able to work in a calm tempo, generally speaking. |
| vh20a031 | In the past five years, the amount of work I need to do… Or since you starting working in your present position, if this is less than five years. |
| vh20a032 | Generally speaking, does your work tempo depend on… work performed by co-workers |
| vh20a033 | Generally speaking, does your work tempo depend on... direct questions from people such as customers, passengers, pupils, patients |
| vh20a034 | Generally speaking, does your work tempo depend on... deadlines or performance targets |
| vh20a035 | Generally speaking, does your work tempo depend on… the automatic speed of a machine or movement of a product |
| vh20a036 | Generally speaking, does your work tempo depend on... the direct control exercised by your boss or manager |
| vh20a037 | Generally speaking, does your work tempo depend on... yourself |
| vh20a038 | Are you able to set your own work tempo? |
| vh20a039 | How is your work roster determined? |
| vh20a040 | Where do you usually work? |
| vh20a041 | Are you connected with your company’s/organization’s network from your work places? |
| vh20a042 | Does it ever happen that you work at home? |
| vh20a043 | How many hours a week on average did you work at home during working hours, in the past 4 weeks? |
| vh20a044 | Do you ever work from home through a connection to your company’s/organization’s network? |
| vh20a045 | What is the main reason for you to work at home during working hours? |
| vh20a046 | What is the main reason for you to work at home during working hours? Other, namely: |
| vh20a047 | When working at home, do you miss interacting with your direct co-workers? |
| vh20a048 | Is it easy for you to ask someone questions if things are unclear in your work (when not working at home)? |
| vh20a049 | And how easy is it when working at home? |
| vh20a050 | Do you ever take home work that you didn’t manage to finish within working hours? |
| vh20a051 | Do you take home more work nowadays than five years ago? Or since you starting working in your present position, if this is less than five years. |
| vh20a052 | Do you monitor your work email outside working hours? |
| vh20a053 | Do you ever need to be available for co-workers or customers outside working hours or during days off? |
| vh20a054 | In the past few year, the balance between my work and private life... |
| vh20a055 | How often does it happen that you receive such quantities of information during a working day that you have trouble reading and processing it quickly enough? |
| vh20a056 | How many people do you usually talk to at work, face to face, during the day? |
| vh20a057 | How many phone calls do you answer on average, during a working day? |
| vh20a058 | Is it part of your occupation to have daily contact with people outside your organization (e.g. customers, patients, pupils)? |
| vh20a059 | How many email messages do you receive on a working day, and how many do you send? Receive: |
| vh20a060 | How many email messages do you receive on a working day, and how many do you send? Send: |
| vh20a061 | How much time do you spend on the email messages, during a working day? |
| vh20a062 | Does it ever happen that you receive more email messages on a day than you can read? |
| vh20a063 | How often do you need to interrupt the performance of a task in order to perform another unforeseen task? |
| vh20a064 | Do you find these interruptions of your work...? |
| vh20a065 | If you need to arrange one or two hours off during working hours to arrange personal or family affairs, is that...? |
| vh20a066 | Are the tasks that you need to perform delivered to you digitally (via a screen)? |
| vh20a067 | Do you have an oral discussion about the tasks delivered to you digitally, or are you provided with oral explanations? |
| vh20a068 | Is your work output monitored automatically (e.g. by a cashier system that keeps track of the number of customers you serve, or a track & trace system)? |
| vh20a069 | Are you required to register your own work output? |
| vh20a070 | How much time per week, on average, do you spend on registering your work output? |
| vh20a071 | Has the registration pressure increased, remained more or less the same, or decreased over the past five years? Or since you starting working in your present position, if this is less than five years. |
| vh20a072 | Do customers assess your work online? |
| vh20a073 | In the past five years, supervision of my performance has… Or since you starting working in your present position, if this is less than five years. |
| vh20a074 | Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? In my company / organization, continuing to learn is considered important. |
| vh20a075 | Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? In my company / organization, there is a constant drive to find ways to improve. |
| vh20a076 | Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? I do my best to have a good reputation at work. |
| vh20a077 | I make use of the internet to expand my occupational reputation (own website, social media profile). |
| vh20a078 | Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? I feel rested when I get up in the morning and go to work. |
| vh20a079 | Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? I feel completely exhausted by my work. |
| vh20a080 | Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Doing my work is easy for me. |
| vh20a081 | Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? At work I often feel like I don’t have enough time. |
| vh20a082 | Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? I can combine my working hours harmoniously with my home situation. |
| vh20a083 | How satisfied are you with respect to: The option to determine your own working hours |
| vh20a084 | How satisfied are you with respect to: The option to work at home |
| vh20a085 | How satisfied are you with your work, all things considered? |
| vh20a086 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? |
| vh20a087 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? |
| vh20a088 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? |
| vh20a089 | Was it an interesting subject? |
| vh20a090 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? |
| vh20a091 | Starting date questionnaire |
| vh20a092 | Starting time questionnaire |
| vh20a093 | End date questionnaire |
| vh20a094 | End time questionnaire |
| vh20a095 | Duration in seconds |
Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 3,194 (100%)Non-response: 581 (18.2%)
Response: 2,613 (81.8%)
Complete: 2,587 (81.0%)
Incomplete: 26 (0.8%)
Collection Events
Period
06-01-2020 to 28-01-2020
Sample
Employees or self-employed.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.
Period
03-02-2020 to 25-02-2020
Sample
Non-respondents of the first measurement.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.