Female remote workers’ technostress - Finnish female knowledge workers’ experiences of daily remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kivimäki, Iris (2022)
Kivimäki, Iris
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031824113
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022031824113
Tiivistelmä
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the ways of working from working in the office to working remotely from home. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a crucial role in ensuring the possibility of working remotely. In situations where ICTs or digital solutions are forced on people, it can create stress and anxiety on them, which is called technostress. Remote working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic have been an ideal environment for technostress. Previous research has found that during the pandemic women have been more likely to suffer from technostress when working remotely than men. This study examines the reasons behind these phenomena and how employees can be helped to cope with technostress.
The research was conducted by using qualitative research methods by interviewing eight female knowledge workers from Finland. The results of this study indicate that there are a variety of reasons behind the increased likelihood of technostress in remote working such as organizational attitudes and measures towards remote working, home environment, and personal skills and attitudes. The research results indicate that technostress can be mitigated by various coping mechanisms such as reactive and active measures can be taken. The results of this study also indicate that employees need personal support to prevent and treat technostress. Concreate and practical recommendations are made at the end of the research to help organizations support their employees and to help employees to manage technostress and technostress creators.
The research was conducted by using qualitative research methods by interviewing eight female knowledge workers from Finland. The results of this study indicate that there are a variety of reasons behind the increased likelihood of technostress in remote working such as organizational attitudes and measures towards remote working, home environment, and personal skills and attitudes. The research results indicate that technostress can be mitigated by various coping mechanisms such as reactive and active measures can be taken. The results of this study also indicate that employees need personal support to prevent and treat technostress. Concreate and practical recommendations are made at the end of the research to help organizations support their employees and to help employees to manage technostress and technostress creators.
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