The impact of technostress creators on novice teachers’ job satisfaction

Understanding the Impact of Technostress on University Teachers’ Online Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic with the Transactional Theory of Stress (TTS)

“…This finding aligns with the results of previous studies (e.g. Wang & Yao, 2021 ; Zhao et al, 2020 ) that revealed that the techno-stressor challenge appraisal leads to positive outcomes (i.e. ICT-enabled productivity and job satisfaction), suggesting the important role of the appraisal process in an individual’s reaction to technostress .…”

“…The results revealed that work overload is positively associated with university teachers’ challenge appraisal but negatively associated with their threat appraisal . This finding is consistent with Wang and Yao ( 2021 ), who found that novice teachers tend to appraise techno-overload as a challenge, not a threat. Tu et al ( 2005 ) also found that techno-overload positively correlates with employees’ productivity.…”

“…These stressors are stimuli, events, or demands induced by using ICTs (Ayyagari et al, 2011 ; Califf & Brooks, 2020 ). Researchers have identified a series of techno-stressors according to ICT users’ profession or occupation and their technology use characteristics (Califf & Brooks, 2020 ; Tarafdar et al, 2007 ; Wang & Yao, 2021 ). For instance, Ragu-Nathan et al ( 2008 ) identified techno-overload , techno-complexity , techno-invasion , techno-insecurity , and techno-uncertainty as techno-stressors of white-collar employees who use ICTs as part of their work processes.…”

“…Zhao et al ( 2020 ) investigated the influences of technostress on employees’ productivity by examining appraisal and coping processes. Wang and Yao ( 2021 ) investigated how K-12 novice teachers appraise techno-stressors . However, few studies have examined the techno-stressors related to online teaching during COVID-19, when teachers were at a high risk of experiencing technostress (Bruggeman et al, 2022 ).…”

“…It is reasonable to speculate that the inconsistent effects of different techno-stressors may result from individuals’ different appraisal results in specific contexts. Recent empirical studies have also confirmed that users may appraise some techno-stressors as challenges and others as threats, which in turn has different effects on individuals (Wang & Yao, 2021 ; Zhao et al, 2020 ). For instance, Zhao et al ( 2020 ) found that individuals tend to appraise techno-overload and techno-uncertainty as challenges while appraising techno-complexity and techno-insecurity as threats.…”