Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research (Print ISSN: 1533-3590; Online ISSN: 1533-3604)

Abstract

Technostress's Impact on Intention to Apply Novel Teaching Technology: Case Study in Lecturers at Universities in Hanoi

Author(s): Nghiem Xuan Dung

Technostress is conceptualized as a modern adaptive disorder caused by a failure in adapting to information technology, reflecting the body's response to technology application. It remarkably impacts various areas of society and professional groups including university lecturers since they have been mandated to apply technology in the teaching career in the recent years. Research surveying nearly 400 university lecturers in Hanoi indicates that the lecturers’ tension in technology significantly affects their intention to utilize it in teaching. According to the study results, technology stress poses an influence on their intention to harness teaching technology and there go several changes related to gender, working seniority and Internet-using time.

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