Markus Salo

Markus Salo serves as a Professor in the Department of Information Systems Science at the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä. His office is located in room Ag D523.4, with contact details including email markus.t.salo@jyu.fi and mobile +358408054295. His research spans critical areas of human-technology interaction across multiple institutional frameworks.

Salo's primary research explores personal and organizational IT use impacts, with concentrated focus on technostress phenomena, human behavioral responses to technology, and gaming dynamics. Through the IT & Human Behavior research group, he investigates technology's pervasive influence on daily life, while the EWIDE (Emergent Work in the Digital Era) initiative examines transformative workplace-technology relationships. His work consistently addresses both negative stressors (techno-distress) and positive engagement (techno-eustress) in digital environments.

Analysis of Salo's recent publications reveals dominant thematic clusters: technostress manifestations across software development, social media, virtual reality, and gaming contexts; collaborative work dynamics in digital innovation; and societal implications of technological change. His research demonstrates methodological diversity spanning meta-analyses, field studies, and conceptual frameworks published in premier outlets like MIS Quarterly and ICIS proceedings.

Key recognition includes the Academy Research Fellow title, with major project funding from:

• Research Council of Finland (formerly Academy of Finland)
• Emil Aaltonen Foundation
• Foundation for Economic Education

He co-leads the Research Council-funded EWIDE profiling area focusing on digital-era work transformations.

Salo directs three active research projects while mentoring through his roles in multiple research groups. His current work examines emergent challenges in robot-related workplaces, social VR stressors, and gaming elements' psychological impacts. The CPSS research group extends his scope to cyber-physical systems value creation, connecting digital and physical operational domains.

His research ecosystem includes:

• IT & Human Behavior group: Core investigations into technology-life interactions
• EWIDE initiative: Cross-disciplinary platform for digital work evolution
• CPSS group: Integration of cyber-physical systems across organizational contexts

These frameworks position his work at the critical intersection of technological advancement and human adaptation.