Identifying and ranking techno-stressors among IT employees due to work from home arrangement during Covid-19 pandemic

Consequences of COVID-19 on Employees in Remote Working: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities An Evidence-Based Literature Review

“…Furthermore, factors such as longer working hours and the general home-working arrangement impacted employees’ well-being even in other forms, for example, by compromising work-life balance or reducing the time devoted to leisure, family duties, and friends [ 68 ].…”

“…Overall, the studies analyzed show heterogeneous consequences on employees’ well-being, productivity and performance. Interestingly, in addition to papers that explored the positive or negative effects of remote working on well-being, productivity or performance [ 36 , 39 , 40 , 61 , 63 , 64 , 65 ], other categories of studies have also emerged [ 42 , 57 , 68 , 78 ]. These examined how employees’ characteristics shape their remote working experiences, thus influencing their productivity, performance, and well-being.…”

How Digitalisation Affecting Employees Well-Being During Covid-19 Outbreak: A Meta-Analysis Study

“…The permanent connection to the world of work as a result of new technologies increases the likelihood of extended workdays and excessive workloads, which in turn affects the probability of achieving an adequate level of detachment. Satpathy, Patel and Kumar (2021) Industrialists claim to have increased employee productivity while working remotely. Our findings show that "technology insecurity" has been considered the greatest stressor among employees in the IT sector while working from home.…”

“…Technostress is also reported to have a high impact on the individual scope of students and there is a significant relationship between user type and techno-anxiety (López, Mateos, & Hernández, 2021). In a quantitative study it was shown that "fear of losing a job due to new ICTs" as being highest weighted seemed to be the most pressing issue while "working outside office hours" had the lowest weight (Satpathy, Patel & Kumar, 2021). A quantitative study showed that "technology insecurity" has been considered the greatest stressor among employees in the IT sector while working from home (Satpathy, Patel & Kumar, 2021).…”

“…In a quantitative study it was shown that "fear of losing a job due to new ICTs" as being highest weighted seemed to be the most pressing issue while "working outside office hours" had the lowest weight (Satpathy, Patel & Kumar, 2021). A quantitative study showed that "technology insecurity" has been considered the greatest stressor among employees in the IT sector while working from home (Satpathy, Patel & Kumar, 2021). Users/workers perceive that the unpleasant sensation of technostress is generated by an imbalance between humans and the technological environment in which they perform their work (Abilleira et al, 2021).…”