![]() ![]() ![]() Baka and Uzunoglu (2016) further stated that, “costs include lost production, negative impacts on staff morale, bad publicity, legal costs and the costs of replacing employees or equipment” (p. Companies often suffer significant financial losses because of the illness and poor health of their employees ( Kritzler et al., 2015). Studies conducted by various researchers and managers have generally recognised that health and well-being can negatively affect both workers and organisations ( Danna and Griffin, 1999). Potential injuries occur in industrial environments because of complex, hazardous conditions ( Kenn and Bürgy, 2014 Kritzler et al., 2015 Baka and Uzunoglu, 2016) and fatigue. According to Baka and Uzunoglu (2016), “Occupational accidents still occur, despite technical developments in the occupational safety field at large” (p. Working long hours for long periods of time is associated with depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, chronic heart disease ( Bannai and Tamakoshi, 2014) and chronic stress disease ( Muaremi et al., 2013). Potentially, this shift could have enormous effects on the physical well-being of employees, increasing the likelihood of occupational injuries and illness ( Dembe et al., 2005). ![]() Many job descriptions have changed because work has shifted from manual labour to predominantly physically inactive duties (desk jobs, automated assembly lines, etc.) ( Engbers, 2008). The evolution of technologies, such as computers and smartphones, has dramatically reshaped the work environment in recent decades. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial & non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Ĭopyright © 2018, Jayden Khakurel, Helinä Melkas and Jari Porras License (2018), "Tapping into the wearable device revolution in the work environment: a systematic review", Information Technology & People, Vol. Introducing a categorisation framework during implementation may help identify which types of device categories are suitable and could be beneficial for specific utilisation purposes, facilitating the adoption of wearable devices in the workplace. Previous studies indicate that occupational stress and injuries are detrimental to employees’ health this paper analyses the use of wearable devices as an intervention method to monitor or prevent these problems. ![]()
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