Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0

Digital Millennials (i.e., people born from 1980 to 2004) have often been portrayed as quick to embrace emerging technologies. The envisioned future of Industry 4.0 entails the blending of hardware, software, and people to complete work; and given their affinity for digital resources, technology,...

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Main Authors:	Erfianti, Levina Gendis, Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 2019
Subjects:	BF Psychology BF636 Applied psychology HE7601 Telecommunication and industry. Telegraph T54 Industrial safety
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spelling	iium-747462019-10-30T03:33:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74746/ Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0 Erfianti, Levina Gendis Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana BF Psychology BF636 Applied psychology HE7601 Telecommunication and industry. Telegraph T54 Industrial safety Digital Millennials (i.e., people born from 1980 to 2004) have often been portrayed as quick to embrace emerging technologies. The envisioned future of Industry 4.0 entails the blending of hardware, software, and people to complete work; and given their affinity for digital resources, technology, and social networking applications, the Millennials could be regarded as a much-needed asset in this future workforce. However, systematic research on how this cohort understands and reacts to safety issues surrounding the use of technologies has been lacking. In particular, behaviours such as impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk-taking among them remain unclear. The present study investigated this gap with a sample of 203 Millennials of various nationality groups. Using the short version of the Urgency, Premeditation, Perseverance, Sensation Seeking, and Positive Urgency (Short UPPS-P) scale, the Revised Online Disinhibition Scale, and the Online Risky Behaviour scale, the results indicated that the most significant predictors of online risk-taking behaviours are lack of premeditation, positive urgency, and toxic disinhibition. Interestingly, though not hypothesised, was gender as a significant predictor of the outcome. The findings implied that these variables might be the most relevant target areas for interventions that could modify risky behaviours in cyberspace. The study’s findings are discussed in relation to the key challenges associated with e-safety where the future trends would be heading towards the gig economy and crowd-working. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74746/1/74746_Impulsivity%2C%20Online%20Disinhibition%2C%20And%20Risk%20Taking.pdf Erfianti, Levina Gendis and Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana (2019) Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0. Journal of Occupational Safety and Health (JOSH), 16 (1). pp. 45-53. ISSN 1675-5456 http://www.niosh.com.my/images/Journal/2019/ImpulsivityOnline-Disinhibition-And-Risk-Taking-Among-Digital-Millennials.pdf
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description	Digital Millennials (i.e., people born from 1980 to 2004) have often been portrayed as quick to embrace emerging technologies. The envisioned future of Industry 4.0 entails the blending of hardware, software, and people to complete work; and given their affinity for digital resources, technology, and social networking applications, the Millennials could be regarded as a much-needed asset in this future workforce. However, systematic research on how this cohort understands and reacts to safety issues surrounding the use of technologies has been lacking. In particular, behaviours such as impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk-taking among them remain unclear. The present study investigated this gap with a sample of 203 Millennials of various nationality groups. Using the short version of the Urgency, Premeditation, Perseverance, Sensation Seeking, and Positive Urgency (Short UPPS-P) scale, the Revised Online Disinhibition Scale, and the Online Risky Behaviour scale, the results indicated that the most significant predictors of online risk-taking behaviours are lack of premeditation, positive urgency, and toxic disinhibition. Interestingly, though not hypothesised, was gender as a significant predictor of the outcome. The findings implied that these variables might be the most relevant target areas for interventions that could modify risky behaviours in cyberspace. The study’s findings are discussed in relation to the key challenges associated with e-safety where the future trends would be heading towards the gig economy and crowd-working.
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author	Erfianti, Levina Gendis Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
author_facet	Erfianti, Levina Gendis Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana
author_sort	Erfianti, Levina Gendis
title	Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0
title_short	Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0
title_full	Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0
title_fullStr	Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0
title_full_unstemmed	Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0
title_sort	impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-safety in industry 4.0
publisher	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/74746/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74746/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74746/1/74746_Impulsivity%2C%20Online%20Disinhibition%2C%20And%20Risk%20Taking.pdf
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Impulsivity, online disinhibition, and risk taking among digital millennials: challenges of e-Safety in Industry 4.0

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