The Impact of Technostressors on the Job Productivity of Senior Secondary Teachers in Nigeria

Abstract

The digital economy desires students to acquire skills other than the usual academic skills which can be facilitated by integrating technologies into their educational practice. However, ICT integration comes with technostress. Hence, this study investigated the impact of some selected technostress creators on the job productivity of senior secondary school teachers in Education District VI of Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design with 123 teachers selected through purposive sampling techniques from 104 senior secondary schools in Education District VI. Data were collected using Technostress Creators Assessment Questionnaire (TCAPQ) and Job Productivity Rating Scale (JPRS). TCAPQ has reliability coefficients of 0.75 while JPRS has reliability coefficient of 0.76. Data obtained were analysed using multiple regression and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated that the selected techno-creators significantly impacted teachers’ job productivity. The study concluded that techno-complexity was the most potent of the three selected dimensions of technostress that impacted the teachers’ job productivity followed by techno-insecurity and then techno-uncertainty. The findings also revealed no gender difference in the impact of technostress on senior secondary school teachers. It was recommended that coping strategies should be part of teachers’ training on the integration of ICT into educational practice.