Technostress creators and job outcomes: theorising the moderating influence of personality traits
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Although prior research has examined the influence of technostress creators on job outcomes, insights into the influence of personality traits on the perceptions of technostress creators and their consequent impacts on job outcomes are rather limited. Such insights would enable a deeper understanding about the effects of individual differences on salient job‐related outcomes. In this research, by leveraging the distinctions in personality traits offered by the big five personality traits in the five‐factor model and grounding the research in the transactional model of stress and coping, we theorise the moderating influence of personality traits on the relationships between technostress creators and job outcomes, namely job burnout and job engagement. Specifically, the study theorises the mechanisms through which each of the specific personality traits openness‐to‐experience, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness and extraversion interacts with technostress creators to differently influence job burnout and job engagement. We test the proposed model in a field study based on a survey of senior organisational managers who regularly use information and communication technologies for executing professional tasks. Although technostress creators are generally associated with negative job outcomes, our results also show that for individuals with certain personality traits, technostress creators may result in positive job outcomes. The study thus contributes to the technostress literature, specifically by incorporating the salient role of individual differences. The study also provides insights for managers who should pay special attention to allocating specific job roles to employees with particular personality traits in order to optimise job‐related outcomes.
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Definition, symptoms and risk of techno-stress: a systematic review
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“Technostress (or strain due to the use of ICT) is a concept that has often been studied in the context of virtual work (e.g., Srivastava et al., 2015; Suh & Lee, 2017).”
BackgroundThe digital workplace and its dark side: An integrative review
Marsh, E., Vallejos, E. P., & Spence, A. (2022) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107118 · Cited by 348 · see citing works
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BackgroundInfluentialChandra, S., Shirish, A., & Srivastava, S. C. (2022) · Journal of Management Information Systems · doi:10.1080/07421222.2022.2127441 · Cited by 325 · see citing works
“…in the context of engaging technologies [e.g., 2, 22]; (4) individual personality traits to control for user personality characteristics [e.g., 33, 123]—these included the big five personality traits as human trust in intelligent agents may depend on users’ personality traits [146]; and lastly…”
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Exploring the influence of excessive social media use at work: A three-dimension usage perspective
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Technostress at work and mental health: concepts and research results
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Deliberate or Instinctive? Proactive and Reactive Coping for Technostress
Pirkkalainen, H., Salo, M., Tarafdar, M., & Makkonen, M. (2019) · Journal of Management Information Systems · doi:10.1080/07421222.2019.1661092 · Cited by 235 · see citing works
Singh, P., Bala, H., Dey, B. L., & Filieri, R. (2022) · Journal of Business Research · doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.07.002 · Cited by 259 · see citing works
“…et al., 2008), productivity (Tarafdar et al., 2007), innovation (Chandra et al., 2019; Tarafdar et al., 2015), job burnout and engagement (Srivastava et al., 2015), overall employee performance (Tarafdar et al., 2015), and employees ’ psychological states related to burnout and…”
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Impact of technostress on academic productivity of university students
Upadhyaya, P., & Vrinda (2020) · Education and Information Technologies · doi:10.1007/s10639-020-10319-9 · Cited by 274 · see citing works
Califf, C. B., & Brooks, S. L. (2020) · Computers & Education · doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103971 · Cited by 248 · see citing works
Technostress and the hierarchical levels of personality: a two-wave study with multiple data samples
Maier, C., Laumer, S., Wirth, J., & Weitzel, T. (2019) · European Journal of Information Systems · doi:10.1080/0960085x.2019.1614739 · Cited by 210 · see citing works
“Psychological strain includes psychological reactions such as feelings of exhaustion (Ayyagari et al., 2011) or job burnout (Maier et al., 2015a; Srivastava et al., 2015).”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialTechnostress Dark Side of Technology in the Workplace: A Scientometric Analysis
Bondanini, G., Giorgi, G., Ariza‐Montes, A., Vega-Muñoz, A., & Andreucci-Annunziata, P. (2020) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph17218013 · Cited by 211 · see citing works
“These authors identify a series of general studies on technostress that emphasize different variables such as work exhaustion [43], the big five personality traits [53], performance [54] and work life conflict [55].”
BackgroundQi, C. (2019) · Behaviour and Information Technology · doi:10.1080/0144929x.2019.1585476 · Cited by 223 · see citing works
“…ubiquity of ICTs is bene fi cial for the e ffi ciency of organisations; on the other hand, the surge of technology use also promotes employee technostress (Srivastava, Chandra, and Shirish 2015), which is depicted as the dual nature or dark e ff ect of the implementation and use of ICTs (Tarafdar et…”
BackgroundNastjuk, I., Trang, S. T.-N., Grummeck-Braamt, J.-V., Adam, M. T. P., & Tarafdar, M. (2023) · European Journal of Information Systems · doi:10.1080/0960085x.2022.2154712 · Cited by 228 · see citing works
“…et al., 2008), most studies have concep-tualised technostress creators as a multidimensional, superordinate construct that affects outcomes at an aggregate level (e.g., Tarafdar et al., 2007, 2010, 2011; Ragu-Nathan et al., 2008; Maier, Laumer, Weinert, et al., 2015; Srivastava et al., 2015).”
BackgroundBerg-Beckhoff, G., Nielsen, G., & Ladekjær Larsen, E. (2017) · International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health · doi:10.1080/10773525.2018.1436015 · Cited by 197 · see citing works
“There are also some personal traits (e.g. conscientiousness, openness, and agreeableness) [13] that allow some individuals to be online day and night without experiencing mental health problems, whereas others cannot tolerate such a habit.”
InfluentialBenlian, A., Klumpe, J., & Hinz, O. F. (2019) · Information Systems Journal · doi:10.1111/isj.12243 · Cited by 191 · see citing works
Salo, M., Pirkkalainen, H., & Koskelainen, T. (2018) · Information Systems Journal · doi:10.1111/isj.12213 · Cited by 193 · see citing works
“They, in turn, can bring about strains such as reduced productivity, decreased organisational commitment, declines in innovation, and even work burnout (Ragu‐Nathan et al., 2008; Srivastava et al., 2015; Tu, Wang, & Shu, 2005).”
BackgroundYener, S., Arslan, A., & Kilinç, S. (2021) · Information Technology & People · doi:10.1108/itp-09-2019-0462 · Cited by 182 · see citing works
Wang, H., Ding, H., & Kong, X. (2022) · International Journal of Manpower · doi:10.1108/ijm-08-2021-0480 · Cited by 205 · see citing works
Xiao, L., & Mou, J. (2019) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.001 · Cited by 176 · see citing works
An examination of remote e-working and flow experience: The role of technostress and loneliness
Erdogan, D. T., Aydın, E., Torgalöz, A. Ö., & Rofcanın, Y. (2021) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107020 · Cited by 174 · see citing works
“While prior research into technostress has studied its effects on organizational and behavioural outcomes (Ragu-Nathan et al., 2008; Srivastava, Chandra, & Shirish, 2015), the emotional effect of technostress has mostly been ignored (Sarabadani et al., 2020).”
BackgroundGkinko, L., & Elbanna, A. R. (2022) · Information Technology and People · doi:10.1108/itp-04-2021-0328 · Cited by 167 · see citing works
Technostress: Implications for Adults in the Workforce
Atanasoff, L. M., & Venable, M. A. (2017) · The Career Development Quarterly · doi:10.1002/cdq.12111 · Cited by 151 · see citing works
“Although a comprehensive body of research is lacking, this novel approach to understanding”
BackgroundBorle, P., Reichel, K., Niebuhr, F., & Voelter‐Mahlknecht, S. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph18168673 · Cited by 172 · see citing works
“Keywords: digitalisation; ICT demands; workplace well-being; knowledge workers; platform work; sociotechnical systems; methodology”
BackgroundResultInfluentialRohwer, E., Flöther, J., Harth, V., & Mache, S. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19063625 · Cited by 163 · see citing works
Big five model personality traits and job burnout: a systematic literature review
Angelini, G. (2023) · BMC Psychology · doi:10.1186/s40359-023-01056-y · Cited by 179 · see citing works
Technostress creators, personality traits, and job burnout: A fuzzy-set configurational analysis
Khedhaouria, A., & Cucchi, A. (2019) · Journal of Business Research · doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.04.029 · Cited by 137 · see citing works
Oksanen, A., Oksa, R., Savela, N., Mantere, E., Savolainen, I., & Kaakinen, M. (2021) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.106853 · Cited by 107 · see citing works
“As expected from previous literature (Armon et al., 2012; Srivastava et al., 2015), in our results, neuroticism predicted technostress and work exhaustion.”
ResultTECHNOSTRESS: A comprehensive literature review on dimensions, impacts, and management strategies
Kumar, P. S. (2024) · Computers in Human Behavior Reports · doi:10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100475 · Cited by 191 · see citing works
Time distortion when users at-risk for social media addiction engage in non-social media tasks
Turel, O., Brevers, D., & Bechara, A. (2017) · Journal of Psychiatric Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.11.014 · Cited by 132 · see citing works
Technostress and the entitled employee: impacts on work and family
Harris, K. J., Harris, R. B., Valle, M., Carlson, J. R., Carlson, D. S., Zivnuska, S., & Wiley, B. (2021) · Information Technology and People · doi:10.1108/itp-07-2019-0348 · Cited by 136 · see citing works
Technostress Research: A Nurturing Ground for Measurement Pluralism?
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Fischer, T., Riedl, R., & University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and University of Linz (2017) · Communications of the Association for Information Systems · doi:10.17705/1cais.04017 · Cited by 127 · see citing works
The dark sides of AI personal assistant: effects of service failure on user continuance intention
Sun, Y., Li, S., & Yu, L. (2021) · Electronic Markets · doi:10.1007/s12525-021-00483-2 · Cited by 133 · see citing works
“Researchers have identified several technostress sources, including technology intrusion, technical complexity, technical uncertainty, technology overload, and technical insecurities (Srivastava et al., 2015).”
BackgroundCompulsive mobile application usage and technostress: the role of personality traits
Hsiao, K. (2017) · Online Information Review · doi:10.1108/oir-03-2016-0091 · Cited by 130 · see citing works
“Srivastava et al. (2015) verified and D ow nl oa de d by U ni ve rs ity o f N ew ca st le A t 0 4: 25 0 9 M ar ch 2 01 7 (P T ) confirmed the moderating effect of the five personality traits on the relationships between technostress creators and job outcomes.”
BackgroundInfluentialFormation and Mitigation of Technostress in the Personal Use of IT
Salo, M., Pirkkalainen, H., Chua, C. E. H., & Koskelainen, T. (2022) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.25300/misq/2022/14950 · Cited by 123 · see citing works
“Third, while stress can also be perceived positively (Califf et al. 2020; Srivastava et al. 2015) and examined from a physiological perspective (Riedl 2012; Riedl et al. 2012), this study focused on the negative side of technostress from a psychological perspective.”
InfluentialChandra, S., Shirish, A., & Srivastava, S. C. (2019) · Communications of the Association for Information Systems · doi:10.17705/1cais.04419 · Cited by 122 · see citing works
Self-citationPersonality and espoused cultural differences in technostress creators
Krishnan, S. (2016) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.039 · Cited by 113 · see citing works
“Further, studies indicate that agreeable individuals tend to use new ICTs in their job even without having the required capability (Srivastava et al., 2015).”
BackgroundInfluentialHsiao, K., Shu, Y., & Huang, T. (2016) · Telematics and Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.tele.2016.11.001 · Cited by 118 · see citing works
“However, the influence of personality traits on technology-related stress has not been well-examined, leaving a significant research gap (Srivastava et al., 2015).”
BackgroundHauk, N., Göritz, A. S., & Krumm, S. (2019) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213349 · Cited by 120 · see citing works
Positioning Technostress in the JD-R Model Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review
Pansini, M., Buonomo, I., Vincenzi, C. D., Ferrara, B., & Benevene, P. (2023) · Healthcare · doi:10.3390/healthcare11030446 · Cited by 146 · see citing works
“This connection is confirmed by other papers, reporting that adverse outcomes due to ICT are related to the overuse of technological devices [45,47] and the overinvolvement in ICT-based activities [46].”
BackgroundResultTeleworking and technostress: early consequences of a COVID-19 lockdown
Camacho, S., & Barrios, A. (2022) · Cognition Technology & Work · doi:10.1007/s10111-022-00693-4 · Cited by 119 · see citing works
The dark side of technology: examining the impact of technology overload on salespeople
Delpechitre, D., Black, H. G., & Farrish, J. (2018) · Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing · doi:10.1108/jbim-03-2017-0057 · Cited by 114 · see citing works
Why Employees (Still) Click on Phishing Links: An Investigation in Hospitals
Jalali, M. S., Bruckes, M., Westmattelmann, D., & Schewe, G. (2019) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/16775 · Cited by 105 · see citing works
“Trust in Technology Although trust has often been researched on the interpersonal level, recent developments show that trust in technology is equally important [41,42].”
BackgroundPflügner, K., Maier, C., & Weitzel, T. (2020) · Computers in Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.chb.2020.106566 · Cited by 113 · see citing works
Analyzing the evolution of technostress: A science mapping approach
Salazar-Concha, C., Ficapal-Cusí, P., Boada-Grau, J., & Camacho, L. J. (2021) · Heliyon · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06726 · Cited by 106 · see citing works
“These two works built and validated a measuring scale on technostress creators called Technostress Questionnaire that it has been used in many numbers of subsequent publications (e.g., Shu et al., 2011; Srivastava et al., 2015; Alam, 2016; Krishnan, 2017) as shown in Figure 4.”
MethodShirish, A., Chandra, S., & Srivastava, S. C. (2021) · International Journal of Information Management · doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102394 · Cited by 105 · see citing works
Self-citationExamining the Impact of Technology Overload at the Workplace: A Systematic Review
Rasool, T., Warraich, N., & Sajid, M. (2022) · SAGE Open · doi:10.1177/21582440221114320 · Cited by 105 · see citing works
“…among knowledge workers, teachers, sales-people, students, and other employees (Beveridge, 2018; Diaz et al., 2012; Delpechitre et al., 2019; Gaudioso et al., 2017; Karr-Wisniewski & Lu, 2010; Mano & Mesch, 2010; Srivastava et al., 2015; Tarafdar et al., 2010, 2015; Thomee et al., 2007).”
BackgroundÁlvarez-Risco, A., Del-Aguila-Arcentales, S., Yáñez, J. A., Rosen, M. A., & Mejia, C. R. (2021) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su13168949 · Cited by 97 · see citing works
Weritz, P., Braojos, J., Matute, J., & Benitez, J. (2024) · European Journal of Information Systems · doi:10.1080/0960085x.2024.2311137 · Cited by 111 · see citing works
“Investigating the individual and dark side (e.g., technostress) is an exciting idea to follow (Srivastava et al., 2015).”
Christ‐Brendemühl, S., & Schaarschmidt, M. (2020) · Journal of Business Research · doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.06.021 · Cited by 98 · see citing works
Technostress in a hostile world: older internet users before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nimrod, G. (2020) · Aging & Mental Health · doi:10.1080/13607863.2020.1861213 · Cited by 91 · see citing works
“On the employee level, some personality traits, such as openness to experience and agreeable-ness, moderate the effects of technostress (Srivastava, Chandra, & Shirish, 2015).”
BackgroundLin, S., Lin, J., Luo, X. R., & Liu, S. (2020) · Information Processing & Management · doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2020.102419 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
When and why telepressure and technostress creators impair employee well-being
Pfaffinger, K. F., Reif, J. A. M., & Spieß, E. (2020) · International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics · doi:10.1080/10803548.2020.1846376 · Cited by 94 · see citing works
“Aiken and West’s [54] recommendation, in order to reduce multicollinearity [26].”
BackgroundA Daily Field Investigation of Technology-Driven Spillovers from Work to Home
Benlian, A. (2020) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.25300/misq/2020/14911 · Cited by 155 · see citing works
Zhao, G., Qiong, W., Wu, L., & Dong, Y. (2021) · The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher · doi:10.1007/s40299-021-00588-4 · Cited by 82 · see citing works
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“Srivastava et al. (2015) also indicated that agreeable persons are more likely to accept and use new technology even without sufficient skills.”
Blake, A. B., Luu, V. H., Petrenko, O. V., Gardner, W. L., Moergen, K. J. N., & Ezerins, M. E. (2022) · The Leadership Quarterly · doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101593 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
The Moderating Effects of Technostress Inhibitors on Techno-Stressors and Employee's Well-Being
Hang, Y., Hussain, G., Amin, A., & Abdullah, M. I. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.821446 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
“Technostress results from distorted behaviors of work that are because of the use of updated information technologies at work and home (Srivastava et al., 2015).”
BackgroundChandra, S., Shirish, A., & Srivastava, S. C. (2020) · Technological Forecasting and Social Change · doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120320 · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Self-citationDoes Techno-invasion Lead to Employees’ Deviant Behaviors?
Chen, Y., Wang, X., Benitez, J., Luo, X. R., & Li, D. (2022) · Journal of Management Information Systems · doi:10.1080/07421222.2022.2063557 · Cited by 74 · see citing works
“Evidence suggests that techno-invasion leads to burnout by enabling individuals to be accessible to the office anytime and anywhere via smart appliances [84].”
BackgroundTechno-stressors, distress and strain: the roles of leadership and competitive climates
Turel, O., & Gaudioso, F. (2018) · Cognition, Technology & Work · doi:10.1007/s10111-018-0461-7 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Designing the digital workplace of the future – what scholars recommend to practitioners
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Technostress mitigation: an experimental study of social support during a computer freeze
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“Different reactions have been examined in the previous literature such as job and user satisfaction (Ragu-Nathan et al. 2008; Tarafdar et al. 2010), burnout (Maier et al. 2019; Srivastava et al. 2015), or IT addiction (Tarafdar et al. 2019b).”
BackgroundValues and Ethics in Information Systems
Spiekermann, S., Krasnova, H., Hinz, O. F., Baumann, A., Benlian, A., Gimpel, H., Heimbach, I., Köster, A., Maedche, A., Niehaves, B., et al. (2022) · Business & Information Systems Engineering · doi:10.1007/s12599-021-00734-8 · Cited by 74 · see citing works
“These phenomena of ICT use may have detrimental influences on individuals, for example, in the form of loneliness (Matook et al. 2015), burnout (Srivastava et al. 2015), or diseases of the musculoskeletal or cardiovascular system (Gimpel et al. 2019).”
BackgroundCompulsive smartphone usage and users' ill-being among young Indians: Does personality matter?
Panda, A., & Jain, N. K. (2018) · Telematics and Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.tele.2018.03.006 · Cited by 67 · see citing works
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“Physical and social health included 8 items adapted originally from Lee et al. (2016), Srivastava, Chandra, and Shirish (2015) and Kayis et al. (2016) with some modifications.”
Nascimento, L., Correia, M. F., & Califf, C. B. (2023) · Technology in Society · doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102428 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Personality Profiles that Put Users at Risk of Perceiving Technostress
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Overwhelmed by technostress? Sensitive archetypes and effects in times of forced digitalization
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“Considering that stressors do not act or affect all workers in the same way, individual differences, such as the psychological traits of the users [28], their level of extraversion [58], personality [59], or age [60–62], could play a very important role in the perception of stress.”
BackgroundReposting negative information on microblogs: Do personality traits matter?
Yin, C., Zhang, X., & Liu, L. (2019) · Information Processing & Management · doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102106 · Cited by 63 · see citing works
Technostress Creators and Burnout: A Job Demands-Resources Perspective
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“previous research treated TS creators as a second order factor [36, 44, 43], which we believe reduced the explanatory power of the construct.”
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“For example, computers have made workplaces more efficient and effective, and employees may be expected to accomplish more work in less time to match this technological potential (Mandel, 2005), or to address multiple tasks simultaneously (Srivastava et al., 2015).”
BackgroundAmbivalence and Coping Responses in Post-Adoptive Information Systems Use
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“IS use––also known as “subjective ambivalence” [57] and “felt ambivalence” [48].”
BackgroundExamining technostress and its impact on worker well-being in the digital gig economy
Umair, A., Conboy, K., & Whelan, E. (2023) · Internet Research · doi:10.1108/intr-03-2022-0214 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
“, 2011) and consequences (Ragu-Nathan et al., 2008; Srivastava et al., 2015;Wang et al., 2008), classifying technostressors (Tarafdar et al.”
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Leadership and technostress: A systematic literature review
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How to prevent technostress at the digital workplace: a Delphi study
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“Overall, by uniting different perspectives on technostress prevention, we contribute towards substantial benefits for organizations, individuals, and societies by potentially reducing healthcare costs and preventing adverse personal and organizational outcomes (Maier et al. 2015; Ragu-Nathan et al. 2008; Srivastava et…”
BackgroundThe dark side of consumer life in the age of virtual and mobile technology
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“Finally, Srivastava, Chandra, and Shirish (2015) found that technostress creators including techno-overload were positively associated with job burnout of managers, another negative well-being outcome.”
BackgroundNavigating AI unpredictability: Exploring technostress in AI-powered healthcare systems
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The impact of excessive social media use at work: a usage experience–stressor–strain perspective
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“Stressors that create stress can increase behavioural strainrelated outcomes for employees, including job dissatisfaction, lower job engagement, and poor task performance (Ragu-Nathan et al. 2008; Srivastava, Chandra, and Shirish 2015; Tarafdar, Pullins, and Ragu-Nathan 2015).”
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Techno‐eustress creators: Conceptualization and empirical validation
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“Techno-invasion, for The negative relationship between techno-distress creators and user satisfaction has been documented in a number of studies (e.g., Srivastava et al., 2015; Tarafdar et al., 2010).”
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Self-citationTrial-Period Technostress: A Conceptual Definition and Mixed-Methods Investigation
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“2019) and technostress creators translate into individual responses (Srivastava et al. 2015).”
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Technostress in Spanish University Students: Validation of a Measurement Scale
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- Authors
- Srivastava, S. C., Chandra, S., & Shirish, A.
- Affiliations
- HEC Paris (FR)
- S P Jain School of Global Management (SG)
- Institut Mines-Télécom (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Srivastava, Shirish C.
- Venue
- Information Systems Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-05-15
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 355-401
- ISSN
- 1350-1917 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2575
- OpenAlex
- W1936925322
- Semantic Scholar
- f2851eced25cd4818210f117ac0b441b6a3d86e7
- Cited by
- 456
- References
- 150
- Citations by year
- 2026: 43 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 20.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Information Systems Journal (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- HEC Paris Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Technostress in Professional Settings
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- technostress, personality traits, Big Five personality traits, burnout, work engagement, transactional model of stress and coping, individual differences, moderating effect, business executives, information and communication technologies
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