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  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,989 Views
13 Pages

Technostress in Nursing Education: A Scoping Review

  • Catarina Lobão,
  • Adriana Coelho,
  • Vitor Parola,
  • Hugo Neves,
  • Joana Pereira Sousa and
  • Rui Gonçalves

Technological advancement has radically transformed higher education, requiring faculty members to continually adapt to new tools and teaching methods. In this context, the phenomenon of fear of missing out (FoMO) has gained relevance, often manifest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,614 Views
15 Pages

17 July 2023

During the pandemic, the occurrence of extreme working conditions (e.g., the sudden shift to remote work, isolation, and the slowdown of the work processes) exacerbated several phenomena, such as increased workaholism and stress due to technological...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,473 Views
12 Pages

27 April 2023

In the last two years, the obligatory use of technologies due to the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the technostress suffered by education professionals. This study investigates the relationships between technostress and perceived organizational sup...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,216 Views
14 Pages

Validation of a Measurement Scale on Technostress for University Students in Chile

  • Alejandro Vega-Muñoz,
  • Carla Estrada-Muñoz,
  • Paola Andreucci-Annunziata,
  • Nicolas Contreras-Barraza and
  • Heidi Bilbao-Cotal

The main aim in this research was to validate a scale for measuring technostress in Chilean university students under the context of hybrid education. There were 212 university students as participants from the central-south zone of Chile. For measur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
401 Views
24 Pages

Measuring Technostress in Corporate Culture: Insights from the 10-K Annual Reports

  • Nayera Eltamboly,
  • Magdy Farag,
  • Mohamed Gomaa and
  • Maysa Abdallah

This study introduces an innovative approach for quantifying the technostress phenomenon, drawing on textual narratives from the firm’s annual report. Based on a dataset covering the Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) index firms, we a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,863 Views
16 Pages

2 September 2024

This study investigates the effects of technostress perceived by employees on psychological contract violations and resistance to organizational change, as information and communication technology is applied to various tourism industry work sites. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,580 Views
22 Pages

21 July 2025

This study investigates the creators, effects, and inhibitors of technostress among STEM teachers, addressing a critical yet underexplored issue in the digitalization of education. Grounded in the technostress model and the job demands–resource...

  • Review
  • Open Access
145 Citations
25,263 Views
23 Pages

Technostress Dark Side of Technology in the Workplace: A Scientometric Analysis

  • Giorgia Bondanini,
  • Gabriele Giorgi,
  • Antonio Ariza-Montes,
  • Alejandro Vega-Muñoz and
  • Paola Andreucci-Annunziata

This article aims to provide a critical review of the scientific research on technostress. As such, global references in this field are identified and highlighted in order to manage pre-existing knowledge and establish future ‘bridges’ am...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,352 Views
3 Pages

Management of Technostress in Teachers as Occupational Risk in the Context of COVID-19

  • María del Carmen Rey-Merchán and
  • Antonio López-Arquillos

The integration of new technologies in schools and high schools is linked to new problems with the use and management of ITC tools, such as technostress in teachers. Technostress is associated with several negative effects on workers’ health, such as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,899 Views
11 Pages

Occupational Risk of Technostress Related to the Use of ICT among Teachers in Spain

  • María del Carmen Rey-Merchán and
  • Antonio López-Arquillos

18 July 2022

Teachers are frequently exposed to several occupational risks. The continuous use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) represents a potential source of technostress among teachers. The aim of the current research is to evaluate the tec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,575 Views
21 Pages

15 July 2022

The regulation of work from home (WFH) was suddenly instructed by many companies in Indonesia at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It improved the demand for information and communication technology, which triggered the emergence of technostres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
7,784 Views
20 Pages

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

  • Óscar. R. González-López,
  • María Buenadicha-Mateos and
  • M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández

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), fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,459 Views
17 Pages

15 December 2023

This study examines the effect of technostress on teachers’ quality of work life and job performance. A moderated mediation model is proposed and tested based on the transactional model of stress and coping. This study proposes organizational f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
728 Views
17 Pages

14 January 2026

In the context of the increasing digitalisation of education, teachers are facing growing technological demands that may affect their professional well-being. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between digital competencies, technos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,192 Views
19 Pages

4 October 2025

This study investigates the influence of technostress (Tech) on the well-being (WB) of employees in manufacturing sectors employing Industry 4.0 in Turkey, examining the effect of work exhaustion (WE) as a mediator in the association between technost...

  • Article
  • Open Access
368 Citations
43,672 Views
20 Pages

Wellbeing Costs of Technology Use during Covid-19 Remote Working: An Investigation Using the Italian Translation of the Technostress Creators Scale

  • Monica Molino,
  • Emanuela Ingusci,
  • Fulvio Signore,
  • Amelia Manuti,
  • Maria Luisa Giancaspro,
  • Vincenzo Russo,
  • Margherita Zito and
  • Claudio G. Cortese

23 July 2020

During the first months of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected several countries all over the world, including Italy. To prevent the spread of the virus, governments instructed employers and self-employed workers to close their offices and work...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,400 Views
22 Pages

10 August 2023

The potential influences of digitization on the mental health of personnel in the healthcare sector are increasingly coming into the scientific focus in the healthcare sector, especially in terms of the use of information and communication technologi...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
194 Views
24 Pages

Teaching Engagement and Technostress Among Primary and Secondary School Teachers: A Systematic Review

  • Eduardo Sandoval-Obando,
  • Gerardo Fuentes-Vilugrón,
  • Luis Castellanos-Alvarenga,
  • Paulo Etchegaray-Pezo and
  • Macarena Lamas-Aicon

10 March 2026

The accelerated integration of digital technologies in schools over the past decade has significantly increased levels of technostress among teachers, impacting their psychological well-being and professional engagement. In this context, engagement a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,337 Views
12 Pages

College students frequently experience technostress and engage in cyberslacking whilst participating in technology-enhanced learning (TEL). This research aimed to investigate the influence mechanism of technostress on college students’ cybersla...

  • Review
  • Open Access
103 Citations
16,387 Views
30 Pages

In the course of the digitalisation of work, the phenomenon of technostress is increasingly being examined. While there is a plethora of research on its causes and consequences, a growing body of research on mitigating work-related technostress is em...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,408 Views
10 Pages

Teachers’ Work-Related Well-Being in Times of COVID-19: The Effects of Technostress and Online Teaching

  • Francesco Pace,
  • Giulia Sciotto,
  • Naomi Alexia Randazzo and
  • Vincenza Macaluso

3 October 2022

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the first measures implemented in Italy was the transition from frontal teaching to online teaching. The sudden need to use technologies to perform their job has added a source of stress to teac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,436 Views
11 Pages

13 September 2022

This study aims to examine the relationship between teacher educators’ technostress, work–family conflict, and life satisfaction while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. The sample consists of 292 respondents, 151...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,962 Views
17 Pages

This study investigated the effect of technostress on university students’ wellbeing and technology-enhanced learning (TEL) through the stressor-strain-outcome model. Interviews were first used to contextualize and inform the development of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,011 Views
18 Pages

Impact of Digitalization in Dentistry on Technostress, Mental Health, and Job Satisfaction: A Quantitative Study

  • Monika Bernburg,
  • Julia Sofie Gebhardt,
  • David A. Groneberg and
  • Stefanie Mache

Background: The utilization of digital technologies in the field of dentistry is becoming increasingly prevalent. Such technologies facilitate more precise and efficient dental treatment while also enhancing the overall quality of care. The advent of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
10,138 Views
21 Pages

Investigating e-Retailers’ Intentions to Adopt Cryptocurrency Considering the Mediation of Technostress and Technology Involvement

  • Runhan Wu,
  • Kamran Ishfaq,
  • Siraj Hussain,
  • Fahad Asmi,
  • Ahmad Nabeel Siddiquei and
  • Muhammad Azfar Anwar

7 January 2022

Cryptocurrencies have transgressed ever-changing economic trends in the global economy, owing to their conveyance, security, trust, and the ability to make transactions without the aid of formal institutions and governing bodies. However, the adoptio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
14,481 Views
15 Pages

30 April 2021

The role of digital technostress and self-efficacy in digital marketing research is seldom discussed and even more rarely examined among Gen Z consumers. This study investigates the relationships between four sub-dimensions of technostress (complexit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,658 Views
16 Pages

The Role of Personal Resources in Buffering College Student Technostress during the Pandemic: A Study Using an Italian Sample

  • Emanuela Ingusci,
  • Enrico Ciavolino,
  • Fulvio Signore,
  • Margherita Zito,
  • Vincenzo Russo and
  • Chiara Ghislieri

30 August 2023

Given the upheavals that characterize the world of higher education and the recent literature on the subject, the examination of what can improve student well-being has become critical. The JD-R model, originally developed to explain the implementati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
8,217 Views
14 Pages

Technostress of Chilean Teachers in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Teleworking

  • Carla Estrada-Muñoz,
  • Alejandro Vega-Muñoz,
  • Dante Castillo,
  • Sheyla Müller-Pérez and
  • Joan Boada-Grau

This article shows the levels of technostress in primary and secondary education teachers in Chile, in the context of educational telework that Chile has adopted in connection with the health crisis by COVID-19. The information has been collected wit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
53 Citations
15,388 Views
23 Pages

Positioning Technostress in the JD-R Model Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Martina Pansini,
  • Ilaria Buonomo,
  • Clara De Vincenzi,
  • Bruna Ferrara and
  • Paula Benevene

3 February 2023

This paper aims to describe the effects of Technostress on employees’ well-being and productivity. We adopted the Job Demands Resources Model as a theoretical framework to analyze the “Technostress” phenomenon in order to clarify wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
375 Views
18 Pages

Journalism is an inherently fast-paced and pressure-filled profession with features such as industry competition and reporting on traumatic events that can cause mental health issues for journalists. However, little work has examined the extent to wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,118 Views
23 Pages

Exploring the Moderating Effect of Musculoskeletal Pain on Technostress-Induced Burnout: A Cross-Sectional Study of Bank Employees

  • Seval Kutlutürk Yıkılmaz,
  • Ibrahim Yikilmaz,
  • Mustafa Bekmezci,
  • Lutfi Surucu and
  • Bulent Cetinkaya

17 October 2024

Background/Objectives: Information and Communications Technology (ICT) advancements and high customer expectations are boosting the use of digital transformation and tech tools in business processes in a competitive environment. This trend enhances b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,073 Views
19 Pages

9 September 2022

This study explored the effect of parental involvement in K-12 distance learning activities on their perceived technostress and behaviours of support toward their children’s learning in Saudi Arabia. Partial least squares structural equation mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,798 Views
23 Pages

How and When May Technostress Impact Workers’ Psycho-Physical Health and Work-Family Interface? A Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

  • Valentina Sommovigo,
  • Chiara Bernuzzi,
  • Georgia Libera Finstad,
  • Ilaria Setti,
  • Paola Gabanelli,
  • Gabriele Giorgi and
  • Elena Fiabane

Although a growing body of research has analyzed the determinants and effects of technostress, it is still unclear how and when technostress would impact workers’ psycho-physical health and work-family interface during the pandemic. To fill thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,230 Views
16 Pages

Artificial Intelligence Perceptions and Technostress in Staff Radiologists: The Mediating Role of Artificial Intelligence Acceptance and the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

  • Giovanni Di Stefano,
  • Sergio Salerno,
  • Domenica Matranga,
  • Manuela Lodico,
  • Dario Monzani,
  • Valeria Seidita,
  • Roberto Cannella,
  • Laura Maniscalco and
  • Silvana Miceli

18 September 2025

This study examined how perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) relate to technostress in healthcare professionals, testing whether AI acceptance mediates this relationship and whether self-efficacy moderates the formation of acceptance. Seventy-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
9,427 Views
21 Pages

19 April 2025

In the era of Artificial Intelligence, the magic of achieving results at the “speed of light” for tasks that until recently required a lot of work and effort shocks, arouses enthusiasm and generates fears at the same time. Therefore, star...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,688 Views
16 Pages

Within the last three years, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has contributed to changing many aspects of individual and collective life. Focusing on professional life, the forced shift to remote working modalities, the consequent blurring of work&ndas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,181 Views
9 Pages

The confinement experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a rethink of the teaching–learning process to which teachers have responded without planning and instead used their resources. This study aimed to analyze the relationships between...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,765 Views
13 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated lockdowns and mandatory working from home, as well as restrictions on travel and recreation. As a result, many people have had to use their home as an office and have increased their use of Information Communica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
421 Views
31 Pages

29 January 2026

The primary objective of this study is to examine factors that influence Mobile Learning adoption and effectiveness in the case of higher education, underpinned by the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) model. The study was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,547 Views
30 Pages

This study investigates how technostress and work intensification jointly influence employee health harm through two distinct stressor-strain pathways within Pakistan’s manufacturing sector. The proposed model specifies two mechanisms, (1) tech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
284 Views
31 Pages

4 March 2026

This study investigates the factors influencing employee acceptance and actual AI use intensity (frequency and routinization) by integrating the Technology Acceptance Model with organizational and psychosocial variables. Data were collected via an on...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,357 Views
22 Pages

Technostress is a widespread model used to study negative effects of using information communication technologies at work. The aim of this review is to assess the role of socioeconomic position (SEP) in research on work-related technostress. We condu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,444 Views
23 Pages

7 July 2025

This study examines how employees perceive technology-based demands during the digital transformation process and how these perceptions affect job performance. The research utilized data obtained from 388 experts in the accounting and financial repor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,090 Views
26 Pages

7 January 2026

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has profoundly transformed organizational systems, reshaping how employees interact with technology and adapt to changing work environments. However, the systemic mechanisms through which AI-induc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
9,619 Views
16 Pages

14 April 2021

Organizational reliance on information and communication technology (ICT) is more likely to induce techno-stress as a detrimental effect, which has a negative impact on productivity. Businesses should make organizational efforts to decrease counter-p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
177 Citations
22,752 Views
28 Pages

In-service teachers have various emotional and motivational experiences that can influence their continuance intention towards online-only instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a significant stress factor for their workplace. Derived from the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
9,745 Views
17 Pages

Teacher Technostress in the Chilean School System

  • Carla Estrada-Muñoz,
  • Dante Castillo,
  • Alejandro Vega-Muñoz and
  • Joan Boada-Grau

The expanded use of information technology in education has led to the emergence of technostress due to a lack of adaptation to the technological environment. The purpose of this study is to identify the levels of technostress in primary and secondar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,932 Views
18 Pages

22 September 2023

Well-being conditions at work are determined by the balance between the demands from the organizational context and the perception of people to possess resources concerning the ability to cope with such requests. The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,759 Views
15 Pages

Digital Connectivity at Work: Balancing Benefits and Risks for Engagement, Technostress, and Performance

  • Giorgia Bondanini,
  • Martin Sanchez-Gomez,
  • Nicola Mucci and
  • Gabriele Giorgi

17 October 2025

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of smart working and digital connectivity, transforming workplace interactions. While this shift offers flexibility and autonomy, it also raises concerns about workload management, psycho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,952 Views
17 Pages

19 August 2021

The world moves and advances very quickly. Production systems and jobs evolve with the world. Occupational risks change as jobs change: The occupational risks of jobs we found two hundred years ago are different from the risks inherent to today’s job...

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