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ICIS2025-2420

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Technostress research increasingly emphasizes the role of individual predispositions in understanding stress perception in digital environments. This study explores how personality traits relate to two distinct forms of technostress: techno-invasion, the experience of constant digital connectivity infringing on personal boundaries, and techno-insecurity, the fear of job loss due to digital skill gaps. Using a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), we identify multiple personality configurations that lead to high levels of each stressor. Results suggest that techno-invasion emerges from narrow combinations of traits—particularly low conscientiousness and high neuroticism—while techno-insecurity is associated with more general patterns, such as elevated neuroticism alone. These findings offer new insight into digital vulnerability profiles and underline the importance of stable dispositional traits in technostress research. The paper contributes to the broader goal of advancing a personality-based understanding of digital strain within the discourse on digital inclusion and responsibility.

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Dec 14th, 12:00 AM

One Stressor Fits Not All: Personality Profiles as Predictors of Divergent Technostress Vulnerabilities

Technostress research increasingly emphasizes the role of individual predispositions in understanding stress perception in digital environments. This study explores how personality traits relate to two distinct forms of technostress: techno-invasion, the experience of constant digital connectivity infringing on personal boundaries, and techno-insecurity, the fear of job loss due to digital skill gaps. Using a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), we identify multiple personality configurations that lead to high levels of each stressor. Results suggest that techno-invasion emerges from narrow combinations of traits—particularly low conscientiousness and high neuroticism—while techno-insecurity is associated with more general patterns, such as elevated neuroticism alone. These findings offer new insight into digital vulnerability profiles and underline the importance of stable dispositional traits in technostress research. The paper contributes to the broader goal of advancing a personality-based understanding of digital strain within the discourse on digital inclusion and responsibility.

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