Personality and technostress: Theorizing the influence of IT mindfulness

Maier C, Wirth J, Laumer S, Weitzel T (2017)

Publication Language: German

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2017

Publisher: Association for Information Systems

Event location: Seoul, South Korea KR

Abstract

Even though IT use has numerous benefits for users and organizations, such as improved performance and greater productivity, an increasing number of users experience IT use as a source of stress, i.e. technostress. Since such technostress can result in decreased user well-being, it is important to understand what leads individuals to perceive it. Based on psychology research suggesting user personality as a cause of stress perceptions, this research uses the Theory of Personality to investigate how user personality influences technostress. In developing our research model, we focus on the dynamic, context-specific trait IT mindfulness and on the degree to which this trait determines the perception of technostress. This study contributes to technostress research by revealing that user personality in general and IT mindfulness in particular are determinants of technostress, which organizations should account for to prevent employees from perceiving technostress.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sven Laumer Schöller Endowed Chair for Information Systems (Digitalization in Business and Society)

Involved external institutions

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Maier, C., Wirth, J., Laumer, S., & Weitzel, T. (2017). Personality and technostress: Theorizing the influence of IT mindfulness. In International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) (Hrg.), Tagungsband Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Seoul, South Korea, KR: Association for Information Systems.

MLA:

Maier, Christian, et al. "Personality and technostress: Theorizing the influence of IT mindfulness." Tagungsband Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Seoul, South Korea Hrg. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Association for Information Systems, 2017.

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