An Examination of Technostress in Contemporary Ghanaian Organizations

Abstract

Businesses need to make the most out of productivity by way of their operations; and providing technology tools help employees get tasks done easier and quickly.  ICTs such as the Internet, the advanced wireless technologies and mobile communications networks are becoming increasingly indispensable in many aspects of business and everyday life. To keep up with the fast advancing pace of the new ICTs, employees have to constantly renew their technical skills as well as enduring pressure from a more complex system and higher expectations for productivity. This results in technostress. It is important for Ghanaian organizational stake holders to address the issue of technostress. There are previous works found in literature in the area of technostress but this research looks at technostress in a contemporary Ghanaian organization. The paper will take a look at the extent to which technology is used in Ghanaian organizations in recent times; the factors that cause employee technostress; the factors that influence the level of technostress in employee; the possible effects of technostress on the employee; and mechanisms that can be put in place to mitigate or at least, manage technostress. This research will be an explanatory research. Administrative and operational staff of Agricultural Development bank, University of Applied Management and Legacy Capital Micro finance will constitute the target population of this study

It is expected that, information gathered in this research will positively influence human resource and IT policy making and implementation.