Determination of Technostress Resources and Technostress Levels of Academicians

Year 2022, , 354 - 383, 29.09.2022

Mehmet Oktay Gökaslan

https://doi.org/10.31200/makuubd.1149198

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This research was carried out to determine the technostress resources and technostress levels of academicians. The population of the research consists of 543 academicians working at Mardin Artuklu University in March-May 2022. The sample of the research consists of 285 academicians reached by the convenience sampling method. The data obtained through online questionnaires were tested using the SPSS 23 program. The tests performed are correlation, frequency analysis, ANOVA test and independent groups t test. It has been observed that work-home conflict, negative affectivity and strain dimensions are formed as technostress sources. Among the hypotheses developed about technostress resources and technostress levels, it has been determined that there is a positive significant relationship between technostress resources and technostress levels, strain, work-home conflict and negative affectivity, and technostress level, technological overload and technological complexity. In addition, no significant relationship was found between technological uncertainty, which is the sub-dimension of technostress, and other variables. As a result of the regression analysis, strain positively and significantly predicts the technological overload, and negative affectivity positively and significantly predicts the technological overload. According to the results of the analysis, it is seen that the work-home conflict, which is the sub-dimension of the source of technostress, does not explain the technological overload.

Keywords

Technostress, Technostress Resources, Technostress Level

Akademisyenlerin Teknostres Kaynaklarının ve Teknostres Seviyelerinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Bu araştırma akademisyenlerin teknostres kaynakları ve teknostres sevilerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın evrenini 2022 yılı Mart-Mayıs aylarında Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesinde görev yapan 543 akademisyenler oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini ise kolayda örneklem yöntemiyle ulaşılan 285 akademisyen oluşturmaktadır. Online anketlerle elde edilen veriler SPSS 23 programı kullanılarak test edilmiştir. Yapılan testler korelasyon, frekans analizi, ANOVA, bağımsız gruplar t testidir. Teknostres kaynakları olarak ev-iş yükü, negatif duygular ve gerginlik boyutlarının oluştuğu görülmüştür. Teknostres kaynakları ve tekmostres seviyeleri seviyeleri hakkında geliştirilen hipotezlerden teknostres kaynakları ve teknostres seviyeleri, gerginlik, ev-iş karmaşası ve negatif duygular ile teknostres seviyesi, teknolojik iş yükü ve teknolojik karmaşıklık arasında pozitif yönlü anlamlı ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca teknostres alt boyutu olan teknolojik belirsizlik ile diğer değişkenler arasında anlamlı ilişkiye rastlanmamıştır. Yapılan regresyon analizi sonucunda, gerginlik teknolojik iş yükünü olumlu ve anlamlı olarak yordamaktadır, negatif duygular teknolojik iş yükünü olumlu ve anlamlı olarak yordamaktadır. Analiz sonucuna göre teknostres kaynağı alt boyutu olan ev-iş karmaşasının teknolojik iş yükünü açıklamadığı görülmektedir.

Keywords

Teknostres, Teknostres Kaynakları, Teknostres Seviyesi

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