Psychometric properties of the Technostress Creators Inventory among employed Slovak respondents

Abstract

Technological advancements in the workplace can produce contradictory effects on employees' well-being and behaviour. This cross-sectional study aims to validate the psychometric properties of the Slovak adaptation of the Technostress Creators Inventory (TCI). We provided the evidence of the satisfactory validity of the TCI in the Slovak employed respondents (N = 692, 49.3% female) based on its internal structure, and its relations to other variables. The study results indicated an acceptable model fit with the data for the five-factor structure of the scale with a high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.91). Measurement invariance across gender groups was confirmed. The convergent validity was supported by positive relationships with burnout and negative relationships with work engagement. Respondents with higher level of self-efficacy reported lower level of techno-stressors. Neuroticism exhibited positive relations with techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, and techno-insecurity. The results of the study support the theoretical conceptualization of technostress within a multidimensional construct; contribute to the expansion of the theoretical framework of stress based on the similarity between technostress constructs and constructs describing other forms of work; suggest that the Slovak version of TCI can be used for the diagnosis and reduction of sources of technostress at work.