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Technostress and work-family conflict in ICT-user employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of social support and mindfulness

Azpíroz-Dorronsoro, Carla, Fernández-Muñiz, Beatriz, Montes-Peón, José Manuel, Vázquez-Ordás, Camilo José·2024·Behaviour & Information Technology

Abstract

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the process of digital transformation in organisations and has considerably increased the exposure to and dependence of employees on Information and Communication Technologies, which may lead them to experience a negative psychological state known as technostress. This work analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing technological exposure of employees to emotional exhaustion and work-family conflict. It also analyses the role that social support and mindfulness play as mechanisms that inhibit technostress in a context of health emergency. For this purpose, the authors develop and test a structural equation model on a sample of 1037 employees of the banking industry in Spain. The results show that the techno-stressors increase emotional exhaustion and the work-family conflict. We also observe that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a positive impact on the perception of techno-stressors and on emotional exhaustion. In addition, the results show that social support and mindfulness play a crucial role in diminishing technostress, as they reduce the perceived COVID-19 impact, techno-stressors and emotional exhaustion. Consequently, this work presents very relevant implications for organisations, identifying strategies that allow to reduce technostress and work-family conflict.

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  • Social support is negatively related to emotional exhaustion.

    “Social support is negatively related to emotional exhaustion and techno-stressors.There is no interaction between techno-stressors and social support.The relationship between social support and work-family conflict is mediated by techno-stressors as well as by emotional exhaustion”

    From Leadership and technostress: A systematic literature review (2025) · cites this paper as Azpíroz-Dorronsoro et al. (2023)

  • Social support is negatively related to techno-stressors.

    “Social support is negatively related to emotional exhaustion and techno-stressors.There is no interaction between techno-stressors and social support.The relationship between social support and work-family conflict is mediated by techno-stressors as well as by emotional exhaustion”

    From Leadership and technostress: A systematic literature review (2025) · cites this paper as Azpíroz-Dorronsoro et al. (2023)

  • The relationship between social support and work-family conflict is mediated by techno-stressors.

    “Social support is negatively related to emotional exhaustion and techno-stressors.There is no interaction between techno-stressors and social support.The relationship between social support and work-family conflict is mediated by techno-stressors as well as by emotional exhaustion”

    From Leadership and technostress: A systematic literature review (2025) · cites this paper as Azpíroz-Dorronsoro et al. (2023)

  • There is no interaction between techno-stressors and social support.

    “Social support is negatively related to emotional exhaustion and techno-stressors.There is no interaction between techno-stressors and social support.The relationship between social support and work-family conflict is mediated by techno-stressors as well as by emotional exhaustion”

    From Leadership and technostress: A systematic literature review (2025) · cites this paper as Azpíroz-Dorronsoro et al. (2023)

  • The relationship between social support and work-family conflict is mediated by emotional exhaustion.

    “Social support is negatively related to emotional exhaustion and techno-stressors.There is no interaction between techno-stressors and social support.The relationship between social support and work-family conflict is mediated by techno-stressors as well as by emotional exhaustion”

    From Leadership and technostress: A systematic literature review (2025) · cites this paper as Azpíroz-Dorronsoro et al. (2023)

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Authors
Azpíroz-Dorronsoro, C., Fernández-Muñiz, B., Montes-Peón, J. M., & Vázquez-Ordás, C. J.
Affiliations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
  • Department of Business Administration, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Venue
Behaviour & Information Technology
Published
2023-06-02
Volume
43
Issue
8
Pages
1531-1553
ISSN
  • 0144-929X (ISSN-L)
  • 1362-3001
OpenAlex
W4379142813
Cited by
28
References
85
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2
FWCI
8.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behaviour and Information Technology (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Technostress in Professional Settings
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
Keywords
technostress, work-family conflict, social support, mindfulness, emotional exhaustion, ICT users, COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation, bank employees, stress buffering

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