Tackling the challenges of an aging workforce with the use of wearable technologies and the quantified-self

Abstract

<p>La población mundial está envejeciendo a un ritmo sin precedentes. El envejecimiento y un mayor porcentaje de trabajadores que trabajan más allá de los años de jubilación presentan importantes desafíos y oportunidades. Los trabajadores mayores son un recurso valioso, pero a fin de garantizar que permanezcan en buen estado de salud, la prevención será la clave. Tecnologías portátiles, ó wearables, están proporcionando un medio para hacer frente a el envejecimiento mediante la creación de un amplio espectro de oportunidades para intervenir y para prolongar la vida laboral de los colaboradores, mantenendoles seguros y saludables. El objetivo de este trabajo es exponer las implicaciones de este tipo de intervenciones con wearables (Control de salud, vigilancia, seguridad, y formación) y los desafíos (privacidad, aceptabilidad y escalabilidad). Los wearables pueden aprovechar y fortalecer las intervenciones para mejorar la salud, seguridad y el bienestar de los empleados.</p>

Tapping into the wearable device revolution in the work environment: a systematic review

“…Using wearable devices has the potential to engage employees through user engagement features such as data, gamification and content (Asimakopoulos et al, 2017), at the same time making them collectors of quantified self-data, such as weight, diet, exercise routines or sleep patterns and heart rate and blood pressure skin conductance (Milosevic et al, 2012;Lavallière et al, 2016 ). Potentially, this gives employers opportunities to monitor the workrelated stress, mood (Setz et al, 2010;Milosevic et al, 2012;Muaremi et al, 2013;Shirouzu et al, 2015;Lavallière et al, 2016), individual and social behaviour (Kim et al, 2009;Lavallière et al, 2016) and progress (Chen and Kamara, 2011) of employees. For example, Zenonos et al (2016) uses wearable fitness and activity monitoring sensors in conjunction with external devices (i.e.…”

“…Wearable technology can be a valuable tool in the workplace to monitor and refine wellness initiatives. Many devices are used for monitoring physio-social stress, such as stress in the work environment (Setz et al, 2010;Milosevic et al, 2012;Muaremi et al, 2013;Shirouzu et al, 2015;Lavallière et al, 2016); physical stress, such as stress caused to the body by contact with heavy equipment (Luo and Yu, 2013;Chu et al, 2014;Peppoloni et al, 2014); or tracking the physical activities of workers (Singh et al, 2015;Glance et al, 2016;Zenonos et al, 2016). A significant benefit of wearable technology involves actively monitoring employees and having access to the data collected by those devices (Kritzler et al, 2015).…”

“…For example, Chen and Kamara (2011) mention that current the battery life of a device does not sufficiently last the period of time a user is on the construction work site. This limits the usability of the devices in the work environment Lavallière et al (2016). address the current size, weight and poor interface of wearable devices.…”

Integrating Social Scientific Perspectives on the Quantified Employee Self

“…Wearable technology also draws renewed attention to women's bodies, health, fashions and sexualities (Wissinger 2017). The prospect of ageing populations and safe, healthy and sustainable workplaces highlights the potential for closer tracking and management of age and well-being risk factors, job requirements, ergonomic supports, and transitions in/out of work (Lavallière et al 2016).…”

Quantified Factory Worker - Expert Evaluation and Ethical Considerations of Wearable Self-tracking Devices

“…Application design can be guided by different ways of identifying and considering ethical questions, for example, by assessing ethical impacts of information technology [28], identifying the values of the target users and responding to them [6], or following ethical guidelines or principles. The framework of Ikonen et al [9,12] includes six ethical principles for designing ambient intelligent applications. The identified principles are privacy (ability to control access to one's personal information and protect one's own space), autonomy (right to decide the ways and the purposes for technology use), integrity and dignity (users of technology shall be respected), reliability (sufficient reliability of the technology for its purpose of use), e-inclusion (accessibility for all user groups) and benefit to the society (increases the quality of life and causes no harm).…”