Stress Related Issues Due to Too Much Technology: Effects on Working Professionals

The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine stress related issues on working professionals within a retail organization and Information Communication Technology (ICT). This type of stress is known as “technostress. ” Employees within four job levels; entry, middle, management and upper management were surveyed to learn what types of Information Communication Technologies they use in the workplace and what kinds of stress they experience because of these technologies (Brod, 1984; Ayyagari, Grover, and Purvis, 2011). Previous studies have shown that information communication technologies may be related to stress, but the specific kinds of stress related issues have not been fully researched. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between technology and stress and to find out what the stress related issues are, to what extent does “technostress ” affect our personal lives and overall to gain a bette