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The Dark Side of Information Technology

December 16, 2014 | Monideepa Tarafdar, John D'Arcy, Ofir Turel, Ashish Gupta | Managing Technology

All of our wonderful mobile devices don't always make us good at managing what we do with them. Handling information flows can take a toll on employee well-being, with some employees experiencing "technostress" from the pressure to multitask and to respond to Emails quickly. But there are steps executives can take to counter the negative effects of IT use. These steps encourage employees to step back and examine their personal relationships with IT.

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