With the rapid development of digitalization in our lives and directing all forms of communication, negative reflections are seen in business life as well as its positive effects. Stating that being easily accessible outside of working hours creates pressure on employees to be constantly accessible, Lecturer Nazlı Yüceol: “Employees are always expected to be ready for any task''.
With the development of technology and communication tools, the way employees communicate and do business has changed. The ease of access due to the intensive use of digital tools such as smartphones, computers in business life causes managers to want to reach the employee outside of working hours. Stating that for many businesses and institutions, the emergence of a high-speed society and the changes in the external environment such as the Covid-19 pandemic bring along a norm such as "being constantly ready for duty" in business life, Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) Vocational School of Health Services Lecturer Nazlı Yüceol remarked that long working hours and availability after work may jeopardize the physical and mental health of the employee and cause sleep disturbance, anxiety, burnout syndrome and inadequacy feelings.
The conflict between work and personal life reduces the quality of life!
The expectation that employees will be ready for duty all the time, and the fact that employees can be reached outside of working hours due to the use of digital tools have blurred the boundaries between work and private life. At this point, both practitioners and academicians are working on concepts such as "Right To Disconnect" and "Blurred Working Hours". Lect. Nazlı Yüceol: "The right to disconnect has come up again, especially with the Covid-19 pandemic. The widespread use of home-remote work due to the pandemic has blurred the boundaries between the work and personal lives of employees. It is seen that the employee starts to be unhappy when they have a conflict their work life and their personal life, their quality of life decreases with the conflict between the two."
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