Assessing the Impact of Technostress on the Well-Being of Academic Staff in Higher Education

Abstract

Technostress is a term used to describe stress that individuals feel as a result of time and technology. Employees in higher education use digital tools for everything: they teach, do research and administer papers. From early morning to the dead of night, email and text alerts keep interrupting them constantly. Your stress level goes up when the university insists you adopt digital technologies is is constantly changing, yet there are no corresponding incentives or resources dedicated to training. The flow of digital information coming from all sides makes it really difficult to do one's work effectively. These conditions contribute to high anxiety levels among university staff but despite numerous efforts nothing at all is solved. The higher the technostress, the less people like their jobs and the higher the turnover rate. Data indicate affected personnel have reduced productivity. A training program helps staff to adapt to new technology quickly. Offers of flexible working terms and resources, means relieve workplace pressure. Counseling provides assistance to staff facing mental health challenges. Employees undergo different experiences of technostress due to their age, education level, position in the institution, service being rendered by them-in other words, numerous factors. Older staff members have more problems with new technologies than younger colleagues. Women reported that they had difficulty adapting to digital tools and systems. Some jobs mean higher technological engagement, increasing levels of stress. Unlike factory jobs in colleges you are expected to be available around the clock! Academic staff often receive emails or messages in the middle of the night. Study survey was conducted among 208 academic staff from higher education institutions to know the Impact of Technostress on the Well-Being of Academic Staff in Higher Education and found that Work Overload, Work-Life Imbalance, Job insecurity and Health are the factors that shows the Impact of Technostress on the Well-Being of Academic Staff in Higher Education.