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Technostress among Library Professionals: Possible Causes, Symptoms, Coping Strategies, and Future Proposals

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  • 1. Chandigarh University

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Technostress is the feeling of anxiety or mental pressure caused by working with multiple and rapidly changing computer systems and mediating between these systems and the demands of the organisation, users and personal life. This study investigated the nature and extent of technostress, the factors causing technostress, the effect of technostress on professional and social lives among the Library Professionals in India. The study further investigates the coping strategies to deal with technostress & also give a proposal of Positive Technology for technostress prevention and management. The study was carried through an online survey with a structured questionnaire designed on a Google form. Total of 500 respondents was selected for the study over four designated domain viz. Library Assistant, Assistant Librarian, Deputy Librarian and Librarian or University Librarian. Whereas 10 preferred causes and coping strategies, and 8 identified physiological & psychological symptoms are subjected in front of the library professionals to examine their preferability. The findings of the study may be used to develop strategies and policies which facilitate librarians to avoid, adapt to, or mitigate technostress.

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