Exploring Technostress: Results of a Large Sample Factor Analysis

Journal Title: Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 40, Issue 1

Abstract

With reference to the results of a large sample factor analysis, the article aims to propose the frame examining technostress in a population. The survey and principal component analysis of the sample consisting of 1013 individuals who use ICT in their everyday work was implemented in the research. 13 factors combine 68 questions and explain 59.13 per cent of the answers dispersion. Based on the factor analysis, questionnaire was reframed and prepared to reasonably analyze the respondents’ answers, revealing technostress causes and consequences as well as technostress prevalence in the population in a statistically validated pattern. A key elements of technostress based on factor analysis can serve for the construction of technostress measurement scales in further research.

Authors and Affiliations

Steponas Jonušauskas, Agota Giedrė Raišienė

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  • EP ID EP408259
  • DOI 10.31341/jios.40.1.4
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Steponas Jonušauskas, Agota Giedrė Raišienė (2016). Exploring Technostress: Results of a Large Sample Factor Analysis. Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences, 40(1), 67-82. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-408259