Unlocking Sustainable Wellbeing in the Digital Age

New Avenues for Research and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-87615-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 809 g

Reihe: Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making

This volume includes global and interdisciplinary reflections for innovative solutions to facilitate wellbeing in the digital age, at individual, team and organisational levels. It provides new perspectives, strategies, theories and practices through analyses of multidisciplinary wellbeing research in different contexts influenced by the unprecedented era of technological advancement. It features insights into sustaining human-centric wellbeing across four streams of thought: 

• Gauging psychosocial wellbeing risks in the age of digital transformation
• Balancing the technostress epidemic
• Overcoming technophobia: building tech confidence and competence
• Nurturing a culture of human-centric digital wellbeing

This volume includes empirical evidence and cases across sectors and provides scholars and practitioners with useful frameworks and resources to unlock human and workplace wellbeing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Niekerk, Annelize van

Coetzee, Melinde

Harry, Nisha

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Positive Psychologie, Glücksforschung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

What we can learn from Frithjof Bergmann about wellbeing in the digital age Philosophical and Existential Perspectives.- Healthier work in the age of AI An application of the SMART Work design model.- Telework modalities and the impact on employee health wellbeing and psychosocial risks in the digital age.- The use of AI tools among education and psychology undergraduate students a look into future key citizens.- Coping resources enabling well being and adjustment amongst academics A digital transformation case study.- Technology and well-being: Perspectives from the Capability Approach.- The emotional dynamic of technostress.- Career counselling for well being in a digital age.- The bright and dark sides of the technostress epidemic.- Evidence-based antecedents and consequences of technostress within organizations A literature review.- The impact of technostress creators on psychological emotional and social well-being of employees in digitised hybrid work settings Digital incivility Managing contra-power in the digital driven workspace and its impact on worker wellbeing.- Toxic emotion experiences of mangers in a digitized work setting a call center study.- Flourishing-at-work: Pathways to nurture employee well-being in Industry 4 0.- Flourishing in a digital context The role of personal resources among university employees.- Happy healthy and productive An organizational framework for sustainable careers in the digital workplace.- Trust belonging and psychological safety Exploring the pillars of effective employee listening in the digital workplace.- Centring humanity within the digital wellbeing using our ubuntu values.- Advancing workplace well being in the UAE Integrating digital solutions and positive leadership practices.- Transformative leadership and emotional intelligence Fostering digital wellbeing in the modern age.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Annelize van Niekerk, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the University of South Africa. She is a registered industrial psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and an affiliate of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA) and the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA). She lectures and supervises on postgraduate level and her research interests include wellbeing, leadership ethics and integrity and personnel and organisational psychology. She is author of numerous scholarly book chapters and articles, published both nationally and internationally. Prof van Niekerk is also section editor for the African Journal of Employee Relations.

Nisha Harry, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of South Africa, in the Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology. She is a registered industrial psychologist and counsellor with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and an affiliate of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA). Among her notable achievements is the Executive Dean's Achievers Award for her contributions to publication and research in higher education within the School of Economic and Management Sciences (CEMS). Her responsibilities include supervising intern psychologists, as well as master's and doctoral students. Prof. Harry has earned recognition as a researcher through her publications in both national and international journals, and she has presented her work at various conferences worldwide. Her research interests include employee wellness, positive psychology, career psychology, and organisational development.

Melinde Coetzee, PhD, is a retired professor in the Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the University of South Africa (Unisa). Her research primarily focuses on careers, graduate employability capacities and the psychology of retention. She has received several honorary awards for her research contributions to the subject fields. Melinde is a professionally registered industrial psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). She is an honorary lifelong member of the Society of Industrial Psychology, South Africa (SIOPSA) and a National Research Foundation (NRF) B-rated researcher. Prof Coetzee fulfilled the role of editor-in-chief of the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology (2013–2019) and is also the author, co-author and editor of a number of scholarly and academic books on training and development, and on career and personnel psychology. She has published in numerous accredited scientific journals and has presented numerous academic papers and posters at national and international conferences.