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Impact of Information Technology on Job-Related Factors

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During the last two decades of the twenty-first century, information technology played a vital role on various companies and their work environments, employees, individuals and society. With the advancement and growth of telecommunications, customized business software as well as digital computing, there have been changes in the workplace scenario and effects on individual job characteristics. This paper tries to identify the effect of information technology on various job factors like job satisfaction, work–life Balance, health and safety, performance and productivity. Data was collected with the help of a survey questionnaire based on Likert scale from 100 IT employees. Exploratory factor analysis and regression analysis are used to identify the effect of information technology on job factors like job satisfaction, work–life balance, health and safety, performance and productivity.

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Chavda, V.N., Shah, N.A. (2021). Impact of Information Technology on Job-Related Factors. In: Kotecha, K., Piuri, V., Shah, H., Patel, R. (eds) Data Science and Intelligent Applications. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 52. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4474-3_15

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