Abstract

The study on technostress is very significant in today’s knowledge-based society. Technostress, which has developed due to the information-technology explosion over the past decade, plays an increasingly critical role in people’s lives. The study shows that the flood of information and the increased use of more technological tools could cause frustration, anxiety, and fear. The timeliness of the topic lies in the fact that if society does not pay attention to this new kind of public disease now, it would have a negative impact on people’s health, quality of life, and efficiency at the corporate level. The study’s theoretical background was analyzed by reviewing the international scientific literature available on the subject of technostress. The research aims to explore the relationship between factors belonging to the group of technostress creators concerning Hungarian higher educational institutions. In the study, the authors set up a research model to explore the relationship between technostress creators, which was examined using a quantitative questionnaire query. The study covered 237 employees working in higher education in Hungary. The results were analyzed in the SPSS 22 statistical program. During the evaluation, linear regression analysis was used to explore these relationships. The results demonstrated that the five components of technostress are techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, and techno-uncertainty. These frequently interact with each other in higher education. The results of the study point to the fact that the five components of technostress embodied in higher education institutions are interrelated, which, when appearing in the lives of university lecturers, contributes to the increase in the level of technostress. The research results could be useful for all higher education institutions in terms of what factors they should place great emphasis on to reduce or prevent technostress.

Keywords: higher education institution, information flood, public disease, technological impact, university lecturers.

JEL Classification: D83, I20, I23.

Cite as: Bencsik, A., & Csinger, B. (2021). Innovations in human resources management of higher education institutions: technostress factors. Marketing and Management of Innovations, 4, 55-67. https://doi.org/10.21272/mmi.2021.4-05

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