Use of ICTs at work: an intergenerational analysis in Spain / Uso de las TIC en el puesto de trabajo: un análisis intergeneracional en España. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fernández-de-Álava, Miren; Quesada-Pallarès, Carla; García-Carmona, Marina
• Is Part Of: C&E, cultura y educación. Volume 29:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 120
• Page End: 150
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: ICT -- workplace -- digital gap -- digital literacy -- intergenerational analysis; TIC -- puesto de trabajo -- brecha digital -- alfabetización digital -- análisis intergeneracional; Children -- Spain -- Language -- Periodicals; Language arts -- Spain -- Periodicals; Communication -- Spain -- Periodicals; Teaching -- Periodicals; Children -- Language; Communication; Language arts; Teaching; Spain; Periodicals; 372.6
• DOI: 10.1080/11356405.2016.1274144
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1135-6405

Abstract

Abstract: From a comparative intergenerational analysis, this article examines the use of ICTs in the workplace by working-age Spaniards. To do so, it uses the 2012 PIAAC survey administered to 6, 055 Spaniards on the variables related to the use of ICTs in the workplace. Descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out, taking the categories of digital immigrant and digital native as the reference, and adding another variable: pre-digital immigrant. Broadly speaking, the results show that 'pre-digital immigrants' (who started to use ICTs late) use ICTs less at work compared to 'digital immigrants' (who started to use ICTs via an adaptation process that began in their early or mid-adulthood), although they use them more than 'digital natives' (who started to use ICTs at a very young age). Finally, we discuss the implications of the results considering today's society, and we offer potential avenues of future research.