Overwhelmed by Technostress? Sensitive Archetypes and Effects in Times of Forced Digitalization

Óscar. R. González-López, María Buenadicha-Mateos and M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández
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Óscar. R. González-López: Business Organization and Sociology Department, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
María Buenadicha-Mateos: Business Organization and Sociology Department, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández: Business Organization and Sociology Department, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-20

Abstract: This paper explores technostress and its dimensions, assessing the relationship with possible negative effects in the individual, social and professional sphere. The study uses a self-reported approach of undergraduate students in Spain ( n = 337), forced to follow their academic life by using technology comprehensively because of social distancing, as a public health action necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The analysis, based on the exploration of a system of archetypes of the use of social networks, presents insights into contemporary technostress management as a new approach that can suppose opportunities for the optimization of prevention plans. Pearson’s correlation coefficients and structural equation modeling based on partial least squares (SEM-PLS) were the methods used for achieving the goals. The results reveal valid and reliable measures where technostress has a high impact on the individual sphere of students and there is a significant relationship between the type of user and techno-anxiety. The conclusions point to the imperative for developing a deeper understanding of technostress by archetypes, in both a higher education context (as antecedent) and the world of work, in an irreversible move towards a digital economy.

Keywords: technostress; techno-anxiety; archetypes; social networks; digital economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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