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

Business Organization and Sociology Department, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(8), 4216; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084216
Received: 31 March 2021 / Revised: 14 April 2021 / Accepted: 14 April 2021 / Published: 16 April 2021
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. View Full-Text
Keywords: technostress; techno-anxiety; archetypes; social networks; digital economy technostress; techno-anxiety; archetypes; social networks; digital economy
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González-López, Ó.R.; Buenadicha-Mateos, M.; Sánchez-Hernández, M.I. Overwhelmed by Technostress? Sensitive Archetypes and Effects in Times of Forced Digitalization. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4216. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084216

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González-López ÓR, Buenadicha-Mateos M, Sánchez-Hernández MI. Overwhelmed by Technostress? Sensitive Archetypes and Effects in Times of Forced Digitalization. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(8):4216. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084216

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González-López, Óscar. R., María Buenadicha-Mateos, and M. I. Sánchez-Hernández. 2021. "Overwhelmed by Technostress? Sensitive Archetypes and Effects in Times of Forced Digitalization" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 8: 4216. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084216

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