This chapter investigates the relationship between digital pressures, organizational containment resources, and job satisfaction in smart working. Drawing on the Conceptual Model for Understanding Technostress and the stressor-strain perspective, the study estimates a structural equation model to assess the association between techno-overload and job satisfaction among remote workers. Techno-overload is understood as the overload generated by the intensive use of ICT technologies, which may increase work pace, workload, and the extension of working time. The model also considers the role of technostress inhibitors, namely organizational resources such as training, support, adequacy of digital equipment, connectivity, and ICT tools. The findings show that technology-related overload is associated with lower job satisfaction, whereas organizational resources and negotiated regulation of smart working contribute to sustaining work-related well-being. The chapter therefore highlights the socio-technical nature of smart working, showing how digital technologies, organizational arrangements, and the regulation of remote work jointly shape the quality of workers’ experience.
Il capitolo analizza il rapporto tra pressioni digitali, risorse organizzative di contenimento e soddisfazione lavorativa nello smart working. Assumendo come riferimento il Conceptual Model for Understanding Technostress e la prospettiva stressor-strain, il contributo stima un modello a equazioni strutturali volto a verificare l’associazione tra techno-overload e job satisfaction in un campione di lavoratori agili. Il techno-overload è inteso come sovraccarico derivante dall’uso intensivo delle tecnologie ICT, che può tradursi in accelerazione dei ritmi, aumento dei carichi e prolungamento della prestazione lavorativa. Il modello considera inoltre il ruolo dei technostress inhibitors, ossia risorse organizzative quali formazione, supporto, adeguatezza delle dotazioni digitali, connettività e strumenti ICT. I risultati mostrano che il sovraccarico tecnologico è associato a una minore soddisfazione lavorativa, mentre le risorse organizzative e una regolazione concordata del lavoro agile contribuiscono a sostenere il benessere lavorativo. Il capitolo evidenzia così la natura socio-tecnica dello smart working, in cui tecnologie digitali, organizzazione e regolazione della prestazione interagiscono nel definire la qualità dell’esperienza lavorativa.
Pressioni digitali e risorse di contenimento: un modello SEM su techno-overload e job satisfaction nel lavoro agile
Zanetti M. A.
;Usseglio Prinsi A.;Fattori L.
2026-01-01
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This chapter investigates the relationship between digital pressures, organizational containment resources, and job satisfaction in smart working. Drawing on the Conceptual Model for Understanding Technostress and the stressor-strain perspective, the study estimates a structural equation model to assess the association between techno-overload and job satisfaction among remote workers. Techno-overload is understood as the overload generated by the intensive use of ICT technologies, which may increase work pace, workload, and the extension of working time. The model also considers the role of technostress inhibitors, namely organizational resources such as training, support, adequacy of digital equipment, connectivity, and ICT tools. The findings show that technology-related overload is associated with lower job satisfaction, whereas organizational resources and negotiated regulation of smart working contribute to sustaining work-related well-being. The chapter therefore highlights the socio-technical nature of smart working, showing how digital technologies, organizational arrangements, and the regulation of remote work jointly shape the quality of workers’ experience.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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