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Analysis of Technostress on the Academic Engagement of Economics Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

Bello Mode Gagi, Usman Mohammed

Abstract

This study analyzed technostress on the academic engagement of Economics students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. three research objectives and corresponding research questions were formulated while three hypotheses were tested. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional survey design. The population of the study comprised 570 undergraduate students from the Department of Economics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, from UG I to UG IV. A total of 217 participants (167 males and 50 females) were selected using a multistage sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was termed the ‘Technostress and Academic Engagement Questionnaire’ (TSAEQ) and data collected were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). A Cronbach Alpha reliability index of 0.82 was obtained. Descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage and means were used to answer all the research questions while Spearman Rho and Chi-square were used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others, that technostress has negative impact on the academic engagement of participants. Therefore, the researcher concluded that technostress has negative impact on the academic engagement of Economics students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. Given this, it was recommended among other things that since most students were reported to be ‘daily’ users of digital technologies, therefore, the university management in collaboration with the various departments should intensify efforts towards sensitizing students on how to cope with techcnostress so as to avoid or reduce to the barest minimum its negative impacts on their academic engagements.

Keywords

TechnostressAcademic engagementeconomics students.

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