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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Technostress and Social Networking Services: Uncovering Strains and Their Underlying Stressors

Tiina KoskelainenHenri PirkkalainenMarkus Salo

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animal structuresbusiness.industry05 social sciencesInternet privacyStressorIdentity (social science)02 engineering and technologySocial relationExtant taxon020204 information systems0502 economics and businessTechnostress0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringNarrativePsychologybusinessPractical implications050203 business & management

description

Numerous users of social networking sites and services (SNS) suffer from technostress and its various strains that hinder well-being. Despite a growing research interest on technostress, the extant studies have not explained what kinds of various strains can SNS use create and how can these strains be traced back to different stressors. To address this gap in research, we employed a qualitative approach by narrative interviews. As a contribution, our findings introduce four SNS strains (concentration problems, sleep problems, identity problems, and social relation problems) and explain how they link with different underlying SNS stressors. As practical implications, the findings of this study can help technostressed users to identify their SNS strains, understand how they are created, and increase their possibilities to avoid the strains in the future.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64695-4_4