Influence of Techno Stress on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Public Primary Schools in  Education District V, Lagos State, Nigeria

Nurudeen Olalekan Orunbon; Rasaki Olanrewaju LAWAL; Florence Etim BASSEY

Influence of Techno Stress on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Public Primary Schools in Education District V, Lagos State, Nigeria

Nurudeen Olalekan Orunbon, Rasaki Olanrewaju LAWAL, Florence Etim BASSEY

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to ascertain how technostress affected the level of work satisfaction among teachers in public elementary schools in Education District V, Lagos State. To explain how technological stress affects teachers' job satisfaction, a descriptive study approach was used. All public elementary schools in Lagos State's Education District V made up the study's population. On the other hand, the 375 participants in the research were all instructors, making up the sample. Teachers Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ) and Technostress Creators Questionnaire (TCQ) were the study tools employed. Using Pearson's Product-Moment Correlation, the four hypotheses developed for this research were examined at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings indicated that there is no meaningful correlation (r =.097, N = 361, ρ > 0.05) between teachers' job satisfaction in public primary schools and the source of techno-stress, (techno-overload). Teachers' job satisfaction in public elementary schools in Education District V of Lagos State, Nigeria, is positively correlated with techno-invasion, (r =.195, N = 361, ρ < 0.05). The study's conclusion is that by encouraging teachers to utilise technology effectively and lowering the weight of technostress, schools may increase teacher work satisfaction and foster a more favourable learning environment for kids. To help teachers feel more satisfied with their jobs and experience less technological stress, schools should think about giving them more tools and technical assistance.

Keywords

Technostress; Techno-overload; Techno-invasion; Teachers’ job satisfaction; Education District

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