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dc.contributor.authorRantala, Eero
dc.contributor.authorTaipale, Sakari
dc.contributor.authorOinas, Tomi
dc.contributor.authorKarhinen, Joonas
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-12T12:55:43Z
dc.date.available2022-10-12T12:55:43Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58577
dc.description.abstractThis chapter explores the role digital skills, interest in technology, and social support have in home care workers’ use of digital applications at work. The empirical research is based on the 2019 University of Jyväskylä survey study on eldercare work (N = 6,903), drawn from the members of four majors trade unions in Finland. In this chapter, a sub-sample of home care workers (n = 1,398) is used in the analyses. Structural equation models are used to estimate the direct and indirect effects of available technology support, digital skills, and interest in technology on the actual use of various digital applications at work. According to the results, technology support has no direct effect on the use of digital applications. However, technology support seems to increase interest in technology and improve digital skills, which in turn promotes the use of digital applications. The availability of technology support appears as a crucial facilitator for home care workers’ digital agency at work.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.otherelder care, older people, care, digital agency, digitalization, public health, social services, ageism, sense of belonging, care community, digital skills, finnish home care, care workersen_US
dc.titleChapter 10 Digital skills and application use among Finnish home care workers in the eldercare sectoren_US
dc.typechapter
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003155317-13en_US
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oapen.relation.isPartOfBookcf5bbf35-f017-4895-893a-b7f4c7506bd0en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367725570en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367725594en_US
oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages21en_US
oapen.remark.publicFunder name: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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