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The Effect of IT Employee's Technostress on Job Burnout: Coping Strategies as a Mediator

IT 종사자의 테크노스트레스가 직무소진에 미치는 영향: 스트레스 대처의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • LEE, Sang-Won (Graduation School of Business Administration, Hoseo University)
  • 이상원 (호서대학교 경영대학원)
  • Received : 2022.05.10
  • Accepted : 2022.06.20
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

In the digital transformation paradigm, IT employee work as a key human resource to accept new technologies and to lead their organization to be settled them efficiently. However, due to relatively short term of their job life and high turnover rate, the companies and the organizations are still experiencing problem the lack of IT manpower or turnover. In this study, it attempted to analyze the relationship between IT employee's technostress factors such as techno-overload, techno-complexity, techno-uncertainty, techno-invasion, and techno-insecurity and job burnout through stress coping. To reveal the structural relationship between main variables, the survey was conducted on 318 IT employees. An EFA, CFA, and reliability analysis were performed to confirm reliability and validity, and the structural equation model was conducted to testify research hypotheses. The main results are as follows. First, it was found that techno-uncertainty and techno-insecurity had the significant positive effect on problem focused coping(PFC). And, techno-complexity, techno-uncertainty, and techno-insecurity were found to have a significant positive effect on emotion focused coping(EFC). Second, in the relationship between stress coping and job burnout, it was found that EFC had a significant positive effect on burnout. Third, in the relationship between technostress and burnout, techno-uncertainty and techno-invasion were found to have a significant positive effect on burnout. In addition, it was found that the mediator effect of stress coping between techno-overload and techno-complexity through EFC. Therefore, these outputs are expected to suggest how to motivate IT employees who work as key role in efficient management on IT assets and strengthen competitiveness in digital transformation paradigm.

디지털 전환 패러다임 속에 기업 내 IT 인력은 조직에 신기술 도입을 주도하고, 기술 축적, 개발 및 관리 등 IT 자산을 운용하는 핵심적 역할을 담당하고 있다. 하지만, 상대적으로 직무수명이 짧고 높은 이직률로 인해 기업들은 여전히 IT 인력의 부족이나 이직으로 인한 문제를 겪고 있다. 본 연구에서는 IT 종사자를 대상으로 테크노스트레스, 스트레스 대처 및 직무소진과의 관계를 파악하고자 한다. 이를 통해, IT 종사자에게 동기를 부여하고 업무 효율성을 높이기 위한 접근 전략을 제시하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 국내 IT 종사자를 318명을 대상으로 주요 변인 간 관계를 분석하였으며, 주요 분석결과를 제시하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 테크노스트레스가 스트레스 대처에 미치는 영향 관계에서는 기술불확실성, 기술불안감이 문제 중심적 대처에 통계적으로 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 테크노스트레스가 감정 중심적 대처에 미치는 관계에서는 기술복잡성, 기술불확신성, 기술불안감이 감정 중심적 대처에 모두 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 스트레스 대처와 직무소진과의 관계에서는 문제 중심적 대처는 직무소진에 유의한 영향 관계는 나타나지 않았지만, 감정 중심적 대처는 직무소진에 정(+)의 관계가 나타났다. 마지막으로 테크노스트레스가 직무소진에 미치는 관계에서는 기술불확실성, 기술침해가 직무소진에 통계적으로 유의한 정(+)의 영향관계가 나타났다. 또한 스트레스 대처를 매개하는 간접경로 분석결과에서는 기술과부하와 기술복잡성은 감정 중심적 대처를 통해 직무소진에 간접효과를 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 디지털 전환 패러다임 속에서 IT자산의 효율적 운용과 경쟁력 강화의 핵심적 역할을 담당하는 IT 종사자에게 동기를 부여하고 업무효율성을 높이기 위한 조직차원의 전략적 접근 방향에 하나의 근거자료를 제시할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

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