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Techno-Stress in Higher Education: Validating a New Scale for Business School Faculty in Pakistan

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A recent study published in BMC Psychology has aimed to adapt and validate the Techno-Stress Construct in Higher Education (TCHS) for business school faculty in Pakistan. The research involved 300 faculty members from Khyber Paktunkhawa (KP) and Islamabad, who helped translate and adapt the TCHS into a 16-item Pakistani version. The study employed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to validate the factor structure of the TCHS.

Key Takeaways:

  • The study identified four factors of techno-stress among business school faculty in Pakistan: techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, and techno-uncertainty.
  • The adapted TCHS showed strong reliability with Cronbach's alpha coefficients for both total and subscale measurements.
  • Construct validity tests indicated significant relationships between TCHS components and faculty emotional exhaustion, work-life balance, and commitment.
  • The findings suggest that the adapted TCHS is a valid tool for identifying techno-stress among educators in Pakistan, which can aid in developing interventions to enhance faculty welfare and productivity.
  • The study highlights the importance of addressing techno-stress among business school faculty in developing countries like Pakistan.
  • The adapted TCHS can be used to identify areas of techno-stress and develop targeted interventions to improve faculty well-being and productivity.
  • Shan Cao, Rao Bakhat Yawar, Naveed Saif, Gerald Guan Gan Goh, Faheem Khan, and Mudassir Hussain were co-authors of the study, while Sadaqat Ali was the lead author.
  • The study was conducted at the National University of Modern Languages in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
  • The study's findings have implications for education policy and practice in developing countries.

Sources:

  • Constructing and validating a scale for technostress and employee behavior: evidence from business schools in a developing country. BMC Psychology, 2025;13(1):812.
  • National University of Modern Languages Reports Findings in Psychology (Constructing and validating a scale for technostress and employee behavior: evidence from business schools in a developing country). Psychology & Psychiatry Journal. August 9, 2025; p 212.

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