Title: Timeout, Please: A Grounded Theory Study of About-to-Retire Professors’ Experiences on Combating Technostress Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Stream: Adult, Lifelong & Distance Learning
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Ferdinand Bulusan, Ifugao State University, Philippines
Eva Marie Codamon-Dugyon, Ifugao State University, Philippines
Jeng Jeng Bolintao, Ifugao State University, Philippines
Abstract:
Due to the unprecedented incidence of Covid-19, the quick shift to the large usage of technology has prompted teachers and professors with little expertise in integrating technology into the classroom to experience technostress. While the literature contains a multitude of studies showing technostress among teachers of all categories, such as in-service and pre-service teachers, basic education, and higher education, it appears to be ignoring a specific subpopulation of instructors: those who are nearing retirement. This grounded theory study seeks to illustrate how soon-to-retire professors have been combating technostress in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and in an environment where internet connectivity is slow. Through comprehensive interviews with 21 professors nearing retirement at two universities in the Philippines, data sets were extracted. Field texts were continuously compared using open, axial, and selective coding until the novel Bulusan, Dugyon, Bolintao's Ferris Wheel Theory of Combating Technostress has surfaced. Intriguingly, the newly discovered theory captures the process through which professors nearing retirement combat technostress. It is characterized by four separate technostress combatting styles designated as inner, toward, outward, and upward. These styles encompass a vast array of personal, social, and even spiritual dimensions. The results can be applied as a beneficial guide for enhancing the resilience of vulnerable professor groups in managing technostress. This study offers a variety of educational and empirical implications for controlling and reducing technostress among experienced academics.
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