Wellbeing costs of technology use during Covid-19 Remote working: an investigation using the Italian translation of the technostress creators scale
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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 from home. Thus, the use of remote working increased during the pandemic and is expected to maintain high levels of application even after the emergency. Despite its benefits for both organizations and workers, remote working entails negative consequences, such as technostress. The present study had a double aim: to test the psychometric characteristics of the Italian translation of the brief version of the technostress creators scale and to apply the scale to investigate technostress during the Covid-19 emergency. The research involved 878 participants for the first study and 749 participants for the second one; they completed a self-report online questionnaire. Results confirmed the three-factor structure of the Italian technostress creators scale and highlighted positive relationships between workload, techno-stressors, work–family conflict and behavioural stress. The role of remote working conditions has been analysed as well. The study provided a useful tool for the investigation of technostress in the Italian context. Moreover, it provided indications for practice in the field of remote working and workers’ wellbeing.
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- Authors
- Molino, M., Ingusci, E., Signore, F., Manuti, A., Giancaspro, M. L., Russo, V., Zito, M., & Cortese, C. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Turin (IT)
- University of Salento (IT)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
- IULM University (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Ingusci, Emanuela
- ORCID
- Venue
- Sustainability
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-07-23
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 5911
- ISSN
- 2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3044077429
- Cited by
- 532
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 74 · 2025: 59 · 2024: 68 · 2023: 104 · 2022: 139 · 2021: 76 · 2020: 12
- FWCI
- 90.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- AIRUS (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- 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, remote work, COVID-19 pandemic, Italian translation, psychometric validation, work-family conflict, workload, behavioural stress, employee well-being, workplace technology
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