ABSTRACT
The main objective of this quantitative study is to investigate if any significant relationship exists between Florida's working-from-home (WFH) parent's involvement in their (K-12) student's transition to the distance learning platform, during the timeframe of Mid-March to June 3rd, 2020, on their overall technostress and Individual Work Performance (IWP). Also, to see if technostress inhibitors will moderate this relationship. Technostress, for this study, is defined as, stress experienced by end-users from the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). IWP, for this study, is defined as, employee behaviors or actions that are relevant to the goals of the organization. This study filled a gap in the existing knowledge in the Information System (IS) field of research pertaining to Florida parent's technostress. The data, for this study, was gathered by using a 5-point Likert scale survey via SurveyMonkey's Audience Program, in which 212 usable samples were obtained and used for data analysis. The primary theoretical framework this study utilized was the Transaction-Based Model (TBM) of stress. The latest version of SmartPLS (v.3.3.3) was used to empirically test its five hypotheses, which resulted in only two of its five hypotheses as testing to be significant. Multi-Group Analysis (MGA) was conducted on the Florida parent's control items/demographics. Two open-ended questions were asked in which to gather the Florida parent's general opinions on the most challenging aspects of having to transition to WFH, by utilizing their organization's teleworking technology and on their (K-12) student's transition to the distance learning platform. Results of this study showed that Florida parent's involvement in their (K-12) transition to the distance learning platform had a significant relationship (P-Value < .05) on their overall technostress and IWP. These results contribute to and add to the IS technostress literature. Implications for theory, methodology, and practice is discussed, as well as future research suggestions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)