4.Dr Gagandeep Kaur
4.Dr Gagandeep Kaur
4.Dr Gagandeep Kaur
Abstract
Technostress can be seen as a relevant factor that may affect teacher satisfaction and teachers’
performance. The objective of the study was to explore the technostress in relation to computer self-
efficacy and perceived organizational support among secondary school teachers. The present study
was conducted on 11 schools (both CBSE and PSEB) of Amritsar District of Punjab by using
descriptive survey method. The researcher had taken 200 secondary school teachers as a sample on
the basis of convenience sampling. The researcher had used 3 tools i.e., Technostress Scale by Nathan
and Nathan (2002), Computer Self-Efficacy Scale by Singh (2018) and Perceived Organizational
Support Scale by Eisenberger et al. (1986) to collect data for the study. The Study revealed that PSEB
school teachers have more technostress than CBSE teachers. Further, the results revealed that male
teachers and female teachers do not differ with respect to technostress and computer self-efficacy.
However, female teachers perceived more organizational support than male teachers. The study also
found that teachers of different age groups do not differ with respect to technostress and perceived
organizational support. However, teachers of age group 20-30yrs exhibited better Computer Self-
Efficacy followed by teachers 30-40yrs, 40-50yrs, above 50yrs. The research findings suggests that
the government of Punjab, NCERT and SCERT should be aware about the need of the time and
should provide hands-on experiences of ICT in education and provide training of ICT integration for
the development of teachers which help to improve the learning of the students.
Keywords: Technostress, Computer Self-Efficacy, Perceived Organizational Support, secondary
school teachers, ICT integration.
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INTRODUCTION
The advent of technology has changed the world in many ways. Today, schools continue to
face the challenge of educational technology becoming more visible, more important and
more expensive. With current educational trends, a modern classroom wouldn’t be complete
without computers, software, internet connection, projects, and a host of other high-tech
gadgets. Technology is the key to its development. Technologies are essential tools for
teaching and learning. To use these tools effectively and efficiently, teachers must have a
vision of its challenging professions in our society where knowledge is developing rapidly
and much of it is available to students as well as teachers at the same time (Perraton, Robison
& Cread, 2001). The modern development of innovative technologies has offered new
possibilities to the teaching profession, but at the same time has placed more demands on
teachers to learn how to use these technologies in their teaching (Robinson & Latchman,
2002).
Teachers are under pressure to keep up with new technologies and create pedagogical usage
of technologies due to the rapid development of technologies and gradually rising needs for
technology integration into instruction (Dong, Xu, Chai & Zhai 2020). During last three
years, 90% of our education system depends on technologies. Due to COVID-19 pandemic
every school, colleges and universities was closed. Teachers taught their students with the
help of online mode. Most of the teachers were not technosavys; it creates techno-stress
among not only teachers but also in students and their parents.
Everyday demands, opportunities, and difficulties are presented to an individual in both
the workplace and in life as a whole. Some of these requirements or occurrences cause the
person to experience stress. When a person is employed and under stress at work, it seriously
affects both his performance at work and the organization where he works (Mohan, 2004).
For many people, the transition to the Information Age has been hurried and stressful due to
the changes and requirement for technological adaption. Many people still do not use much
technology and are uncomfortable utilizing it when necessary, despite the fact that many have
expanded their usage and are comfortable with it. Anyone who are adaptable yet unable to
change, there are frequently a number of answers or outcomes. Techno-stress is one sort of
reaction. Techno-stress, which manifests as either (1) computer users struggling to accept the
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technologies or (2) computer users over-identifying with the technology (Brod, 1984), is the
inability to adapt to or cope with new computer technologies.
Craig Brod, a clinical psychologist, coined the term “techno-stress” in 1984. (Gaudioso et
al., 2017) Techno-stress is seen as a modern disease that affects individuals who struggle to
manage IT in a healthy way (Ayyagari et al., 2011; Tarafdar et al., 2007). In other words,
techno-stress refers to any negative consequences that technology use has on people’s
behaviors, thoughts, attitudes, and psychology. Techno-stress is the term used to describe the
adverse psychological relationship that exists between people and the adoption of new
technology. Technostress results from changed work and cooperation practices brought about
by the usage of contemporary information technology in both work and home environments.
Techno-stress is a condition in which people struggle to adjust to or deal with information
technologies in a healthy way. They feel compelled to stay connected and constantly share
updates, feel under pressure to react to work-related information immediately, and multitask
nearly automatically.
Therefore, it is important to give teachers the right training and hands-on experience so that
they can build effective IT abilities. This also helps technology learners develop confidence
and self-efficacy. Initially put forth by Bandura in 1977, self-efficacy is a psychological
concept that may be defined as “a belief about one’s own capability to organize and complete
a course of action required to accomplish a specific task” (Eggen and Kauchak, 2007). The
definition of self-efficacy is that it "is concerned... with judgments of what one can do with
whatever skills he/she possess” (Bandura, 1986). It has two parts: efficacy expectations, or
the conviction that one has the power to influence behavior, and outcome expectations, or the
conviction that a specific outcome will arise from a given course of action (Albion, 1999).
Computer self-efficacy was described by Compeau and Higgins (1995) as “a person’s ability
to apply his or her computer skills to a wider range of computer related tasks.” Therefore, a
person’s impression of his or her capacity to use computers to carry out a task is represented
by computer self-efficacy. Computer self-efficacy is “a judgment of one’s capability to use a
computer,” according to Compeau and Higgins (1995).Computer Self-Efficacy is defined as
“self-judgment regarding the ability of a person to use a computer is one kind of confidence
regarding self-computer abilities, which are used to complete some specific task” (Murphy,
Coover& Owen, 1989).
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Today’s teachers are in a situation where they have to use computers to update their
knowledge and deliver lessons through the computer and across the screen; they face certain
stressful symptoms when using the computer in class. Most teachers agree that computers are
a very useful tool, but few of them make much use of computers in the classroom. Teachers
with anxiety avoid teaching with computers or pass on their fear and negative attitudes to
their students if they don’t teach with them. Teachers have a fear or technophobia of using
technology, resulting in a feeling of low computer self-efficacy and a negative attitude
towards using computers in their classrooms. Thus, there is a need for research into
technostress in relation to computer self-efficacy and organizational support among teachers
in secondary education.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1. To study the technostress, computer self-efficacy and perceived organizational
support of secondary school teachers among CBSE and PSEB schools.
2. To study the technostress, computer self-efficacy and perceived organizational
support of secondary school teachers with respect to gender.
3. To study the technostress, computer self-efficacy and perceived organizational
support of secondary school teachers with respect to their age.
HYPOTHESES OF THE STUDY
1. There exists no significant difference in technostress, computer self-efficacy and
perceived organizational support among CBSE and PSEB secondary school
teachers.
2. There exists no significant difference in technostress, computer self-efficacy and
perceived organizational support among male and female teachers.
3. There exists no significant difference in technostress, computer self-efficacy and
perceived organizational support of secondary school teachers with respect to their
age.
METHODOLOGY
Population and Sample:
The present study was conducted in 11 CBSE and PSEB secondary schools of Amritsar
District, Punjab, India. The researcher had taken 200 secondary school teachers both male
and female as a sample on the basis of convenient Sampling.
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From the findings of table-1, it was concluded that CBSE secondary school teachers and
PSEB secondary school teachers do not differ with respect to Computer Self-Efficacy. It was
also concluded that PSEB secondary school teachers have more techno-stress than CBSE
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secondary school teachers Further, CBSE secondary school teachers perceived more
organizational support than PSEB secondary school teachers.
Table 2: Mean, SD, Std. Error mean, Std. Error difference, t-value and p-value of techno-
stress, computer self-efficacy and perceived organizational support among male and female
teachers.
From the findings of table-2, it was concluded that male teachers and female teachers do not
differ with respect to techno-stress. Male teachers and female teachers also do not differ with
respect to computer self-efficacy. However, female teachers perceived more organizational
support than male teachers.
Table 3: Mean, SD, Std. Error mean, Std. Error difference, t-value and p-value of techno-
stress, computer self-efficacy and perceived organizational supportof secondary school
teachers with respect to their age.
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From the findings of table-4, it was found that statistically no significant mean difference was
found in scores of techno-stress of secondary school teachers with respect to different age
groups. The results revealed that teachers of different age groups do not differ with respect to
techno-stress.
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FINDINGS
1. The present study revealed that PSEB teachers have more techno-stress than CBSE
secondary school teachers. Further it was revealed that PSEB school teachers have
more Techno-Complexity and Techno-Insecurity dimension of techno-stress as
compared to CBSE school teachers. CBSE secondary school teachers and PSEB
secondary school teachers do not differ with respect to Computer Self-Efficacy. Female
teachers perceived more organizational support than male teachers.
2. The present study revealed that male teachers and female teachers do not differ with
respect to techno-stress. Male teachers and female teachers also do not differ with
respect to Computer Self-Efficacy. Female teacher perceived more organizational
support than male teachers.
3. The present study reveals that teachers of different age groups do not differ with
respect to techno-stress. It was found that teachers of age group 20-30yrs exhibited
better Computer Self-Efficacy than the other age group followed by 30-40yrs, 40-
50yrs, above 50yrs. Further the present study revealed that teachers of different age
groups differ with respect to computer performance skill and web-based skill of
computer self-efficacy. Secondary school teachers of different age groups do not differ
with respect to perceived organizational support.
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATION
The present study has multiple implications in the field of education. The findings of this
study can become a source of information and guidance to secondary school teachers for
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