scholarly journals Computer mouse movements as a scalable detector of work stress: A longitudinal observational field study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Banholzer ◽  
Stefan Feuerriegel ◽  
Elgar Fleisch ◽  
Georg Friedrich Bauer ◽  
Tobias Kowatsch
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bayesian Regression ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Computer Mouse ◽  
Mouse Movements ◽  
Speed Accuracy ◽  
Accuracy Tradeoff

BACKGROUND Work stress afflicts individual health and well-being. These negative effects could be mitigated through regular monitoring of employees’ stress. Such monitoring becomes even more important as the digital transformation of the economy implies profound changes of working conditions. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the computer mouse can be used for continuous monitoring and early detection of work stress in the field. METHODS We hypothesized that stress is associated with a speed-accuracy tradeoff in computer mouse movements (CMMs). To test this hypothesis, we conducted a longitudinal field study at a large business organization, where CMMs from regular work activities were monitored over seven weeks (70 subjects, n=1,829 observations). A Bayesian regression model was used to estimate whether self-reported acute work stress was associated with a speed-accuracy tradeoff in CMMs. RESULTS There was a negative association between stress and the two-way interaction term of mouse speed and accuracy (mean = −0.36, lower = −0.66, upper = −0.08), which means that stress was associated with a speed-accuracy tradeoff. The estimated effect was not sensitive to different processing of the data and remained negative after controlling for the demographics, health, and personality traits of subjects. CONCLUSIONS Self-reported acute stress can be inferred from CMMs, specifically in the form of a speed-accuracy tradeoff. This finding suggests to use regular analysis of CMMs for the early and scalable detection of work stress on the job and thus promises more timely and effective stress management.

Computer Mouse Movements as a Scalable Indicator of Work Stress: A Longitudinal Observational Field Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Banholzer ◽  
Stefan Feuerriegel ◽  
Elgar Fleisch ◽  
Georg Friedrich Bauer ◽  
Tobias Kowatsch
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Computer Mouse ◽  
Mouse Movements

scholarly journals Computer mouse movements as an indicator of work stress: A longitudinal observational field study (Preprint)

10.2196/27121 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Banholzer ◽  
Stefan Feuerriegel ◽  
Elgar Fleisch ◽  
Georg Friedrich Bauer ◽  
Tobias Kowatsch
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Computer Mouse ◽  
Mouse Movements

scholarly journals White and minority employee reactions to perceived discrimination at work: evidence of White fragility?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eddy S. Ng ◽  
Greg J. Sears ◽  
Muge Bakkaloglu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Professional Worker

PurposeBuilding on the notion of “White fragility,” this study aims to explore how Whites react and cope with perceived discrimination at work. Specifically, the authors explore whether: (1) Whites react more negatively than minorities when they perceive discrimination at work and (2) Whites are more likely than minorities to restore the status quo by leaving the situation when they perceive discrimination at work.Design/methodology/approachData for this study were obtained from the Professional Worker Career Experience Survey. In total, 527 working professionals from multiple organizations across the central USA participated in the survey.FindingsThe authors find evidence that Whites experience more negative psychological effects (i.e. lower job satisfaction and higher work stress) from perceived discrimination than minority employees and are more likely to act to restore conditions of privilege by leaving their current job and employer. The stronger negative effects of perceived discrimination for Whites (vs minorities) were restricted to work outcomes (job satisfaction, work stress, turnover intentions from one's employer) and were not evident with respect to perceptions of overall well-being (i.e. life satisfaction), suggesting that White fragility may play a particularly influential role in work settings, wherein racial stress may be more readily activated.Originality/valueConsistent with the notion of White fragility, the study’s results demonstrate that the deleterious impact of perceived discrimination on employee work outcomes may, in some cases, be stronger for White than minority employees.

Acquired and Persistent Eldercare Demands: Impact on Worker Well-Being

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-367
Author(s):  
Alicia G. Dugan ◽  
Janet L. Barnes-Farrell ◽  
Richard H. Fortinsky ◽  
Martin G. Cherniack
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Tailored Interventions ◽  
Work Conflict ◽  
Life Roles ◽  
Family Work Conflict

Eldercare demands (ECD) may result in stress when finite resources needed to fulfill life roles (i.e., family, work) become scarce. ECD may be acquired, continue over time, or be relinquished. They thus may represent acute stress (immediate, severe) or chronic stress (persistent, milder). Workers at six U.S. manufacturing companies completed surveys ( N = 520). ECD were operationalized as providing assistance to an adult aged 65+ years due to disability or illness. Workers were categorized into four ECD groups (persistent, relinquished, acquired, and none), and we examined the ECD groups’ association with person-centric and work-centric outcomes. Respondents with acquired ECD had worse mental health and greater depressive symptoms than those with none, and those with persistent ECD had greater work stress and family–work conflict than those with none. Findings suggesting that acute stress is more related to person-centric outcomes and chronic stress is more related to work-centric outcomes could inform development of tailored interventions.

scholarly journals Double-Edged Sword Effect of High-Performance Work System on Employee Well-Being—Moderating Effect of Union Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Qi ◽  
Hu Enhua ◽  
Sun Jiandong ◽  
Shan Hongmei
Keyword(s):  
Work Stress ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Work System ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
High Performance Work System ◽  
The Impact

Improving the well-being of the employees is the inevitable choice to improve corporate performance and competitive advantage and the social responsibility that enterprises must undertake. Based on the job demands-resources model, this study introduces perceived organizational support and work stress as the mediator and trade union practice as the moderator to explore the double-edged sword effect of a high-performance work system (HPWS) on the well-being of the employee. Taking 243 employees from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui as samples, we found that HPWS positively affects the well-being of the employee through perceived organizational support and negatively affects the well-being of the employee through work stress. Union practices can significantly reduce the positive effect of HPWS on work stress and further weaken the negative effect of HPWS on the well-being of the employee through work stress. The results of this study provide a new way to explain the impact of the HPWS on the well-being of the employees and find that union practice can weaken the negative effects of HPWS. This study provides a new thinking direction for improving the well-being of employees in enterprises.

scholarly journals Linear Predictive Coding for Acute Stress Prediction from Computer Mouse Movements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence H. Kim ◽  
Rahul Goel ◽  
Jia Liang ◽  
Mert Pilanci ◽  
Pablo E. Paredes
Keyword(s):  
Acute Stress ◽  
Predictive Coding ◽  
Linear Predictive Coding ◽  
Computer Mouse ◽  
Stress Prediction ◽  
Mouse Movements

Neuroticism and Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff in Self-Paced Speeded Mental Addition and Comparison

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hagen C. Flehmig ◽  
Michael B. Steinborn ◽  
Karl Westhoff ◽  
Robert Langner
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Response Speed ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
Reaction Time Variability ◽  
Comparison Task ◽  
Processing Efficiency ◽  
Mental Addition ◽  
Speed Accuracy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Accuracy Tradeoff

Previous research suggests a relationship between neuroticism (N) and the speed-accuracy tradeoff in speeded performance: High-N individuals were observed performing less efficiently than low-N individuals and compensatorily overemphasizing response speed at the expense of accuracy. This study examined N-related performance differences in the serial mental addition and comparison task (SMACT) in 99 individuals, comparing several performance measures (i.e., response speed, accuracy, and variability), retest reliability, and practice effects. N was negatively correlated with mean reaction time but positively correlated with error percentage, indicating that high-N individuals tended to be faster but less accurate in their performance than low-N individuals. The strengthening of the relationship after practice demonstrated the reliability of the findings. There was, however, no relationship between N and distractibility (assessed via measures of reaction time variability). Our main findings are in line with the processing efficiency theory, extending the relationship between N and working style to sustained self-paced speeded mental addition.

Speed/accuracy tradeoff in directed forgetting

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffry S. Kellogg ◽  
Xiangen Hu ◽  
William Marks
Keyword(s):  
Directed Forgetting ◽  
Speed Accuracy ◽  
Accuracy Tradeoff
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