Technostress in the Workplace Managing Stress in the Electronic Workplace

Abstract

Computer and technology related stressors have become a mainstay in our electronic age. While stress will be defined in general, primarily this paper will discuss a subset called technostress. Symptoms and types of technostress will be discussed along with the overall stress cycle. Personal and organizational strategies to deal with both stress itself and the subset technostress will be discussed. Statistics will be shown on how stress ties into organizational costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge is the property of Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)