Wellbeing Costs of Technology Use during Covid-19 Remote Working: An Investigation Using the Italian Translation of the Technostress Creators Scale

During the first months of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected several countriesall over the world, including Italy. To prevent the spread of the virus, governments instructedemployers and self-employed workers to close their offices and work from home. Thus, the use ofremote working increased during the pandemic and is expected to maintain high levels of applicationeven after the emergency. Despite its benefits for both organizations and workers, remote workingentails negative consequences, such as technostress. The present study had a double aim: to testthe psychometric characteristics of the Italian translation of the brief version of the technostresscreators scale and to apply the scale to investigate technostress during the Covid-19 emergency.The research involved 878 participants for the first study and 749 participants for the second one;they completed a self-report online questionnaire. Results confirmed the three-factor structure ofthe Italian technostress creators scale and highlighted positive relationships between workload,techno-stressors, work–family conflict and behavioural stress. The role of remote working conditionshas been analysed as well. The study provided a useful tool for the investigation of technostress inthe Italian context. Moreover, it provided indications for practice in the field of remote working andworkers’ wellbeing