Benefits and stressors – Perceived effects of ICT use on employee health and work stress: An exploratory study from Austria and Hong Kong

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Table I Participants’ demographic and work profiles.

	Sex	Age	Marital status	Job experience	Education	Industry
Hong Kong	Female	21–25	Single	7 months	Master degree	Advertising (agency)
participants	Female	21–25	Single	1.5 years	Master degree	PR (in-house)
	Female	31–35	Single	6 years	Master degree	PR (agency)
	Female	31–35	Single	11 years	Master degree	PR (agency)
	Female	36–40	Married with no child	15 years	First degree	PR (in-house)
	Male	21–25	Single	1.5 years	First degree	Journalism (news magazine)
	Female	41–45	Married with no child	20 years	High school	PR (agency)
	Male	21–25	Single	2.5 years	First degree	Advertising (agency)
	Female	21–25	Single	2.5 years	First degree	Journalism (broadcast)
	Male	26–30	Single	3.5 years	First degree	Advertising (agency)
	Male	26–30	Single	4 years	First degree	Advertising (agency)
	Female	26–30	Single	4 years	First degree	Journalism (broadcast)
	Male	20–25	Single	6 months	First degree	Advertising (agency)
Austrian	Male	21–25	Relationship with no child	2 years	Master degree	PR/Marketing (in-house)
participants	Male	21–25	Single with no child	1 year	Master degree	Social-Media-Marketing (agency)
	Female	31–35	Relationship with one child	10 years	First degree	Advertising (agency)
	Female	26–30	Relationship with no child	2 years	Master degree	PR/Marketing (in-house)
	Male	41–45	Married with one child	20 years	Master degree	Journalism (print + online)
	Female	26–30	Relationship with no child	3 years	Master degree	Journalism (print + online)
	Female	26–30	Single with no child	2 years	Master degree	Journalism (print + online)
	Female	36–40	Relationship with no child	13 years	Master degree	PR/Marketing (in-house)
	Female	46–50	Married with two children	14 years	Master degree	Journalism (print + online)
	Male	31–35	Married with two children	9 years	Master degree	Journalism (print + online)
	Female	26–30	Single with no child	2.5 years	Master degree	PR/Marketing (in-house)
	Male	26–30	Relationship with no child	2.5 years	Master degree	PR (in-house)

Figure 1.  Benefits and stressors of work-related ICT use.