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Does sudden online teaching cause increased technostress leading to…
Does sudden online teaching cause increased technostress leading to reduced job engagement?
INTEREST & RELEVANCE
leadership
engagement
thesis gives insight into job satisfaction of employees
thesis shows how technostress can impact job engagement
support
if high levels of technostress are shown greater need for mentoring and/or counselling employees may be required
thesis can highlight if training is needed in ICT
brain health
this study will assess technostress levels of teachers both during periods of online and face to face teaching
thesis fits into the TAMK brain health project
learning management system
if high levels of technostress are shown and this impacts engagement there may be need to tender for a new LMS
similarly it may show a need to redesign the LMS
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recruitment
thesis results may help recruitment strategies to ensure teachers are hired who are comfortable with online learning
thesis could also show need for an e-learning specialist recruitment to be hired by the university
online learning
can show if online learning is effective for English teaching
highlights if teachers are adequately prepared for online learning
shows how the university's contingency plan impacts teachers
DURABILITY
teacher wellbeing and retention
there may be a risk of teachers leaving in the future and this study may highlight this
may highlight need for support teachers in the future
by and large the teaching staff will not change much in the coming years
future cases
future pandemics may require further online learning
natural disasters may also require online learning
adaptability of workforce
can show if teachers can adapt to online, blended learning
can show if teachers can adapt to sudden changes
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MICROPOLITICS
teachers
resistance
privacy concerns
will be guaranteed
job security concerns
will be outlined and anonymity guaranteed
university management
may not approve of topic
can explain that this is topical, relevant
can be adapted for university publications
can provide valuable insights for competence and wellbeing management
may ask for teacher details
explain that data collection is done anonymously
support
program director
will help review and promote the study
line manager
will support with any internal approvals
RISK AND SECURITY
anonymity
teacher concerns
anonymity will be guaranteed
institutional privacy concerns
adherence to institutional best practices
university will remain anoymous
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Japanese data protection
will be verified and followed
TAMK data protection
this thesis will adhere to TAMK data protection requirements
BREADTH
this study focusses only on English language teachers
there is a diverse population of teachers to allow for comparative studies based on gender, culture, tenure, contract type
the study is compares two states (i) online learning in an emergency context (ii) standard face to face teaching
technostress
measures technostrain
how this impacts job engagement
measures addiction
how this impacts job engagement
this study only focusses on the current academic year
ACCESS
teachers filling out surveys
permissions
I may need to seek permissions from researchers in the areas of technostress and job engagement in order to use their research instruments
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TOPIC ADEQUACY
framework
technostress and job engagement are clearly defined and measurable concepts
various publications exist regarding the key concepts of this study
these are relatively recent especially in the case of tecnostress
the research will have a linear path by collecting data from the perspective of teachers who are teaching online first and in class later
methods/processes/ethicalness & reliability
surveys will be used to capture data from actual working teachers who are currently teaching online and will return to the classroom later in the year
working life support will be provided as this study will show how the impact of using technology impacts our teachers
this will be self-directed and all work carried out by myself
the thesis will adhere to TAMK and my own workplace guidelines
results, conclusion and discussion
results will be examines against factors such as access to technology, ease of use, support provided
should results indicate that the switch to online learning caused technostress to rise and job engagement to fall recommendations can be made to the university
presentation & written reporting
the thesis will adhere to TAMK guidelines
a working life cooperation partner will review the thesis once secured
the thesis may lead to further study in this area
RESOURCES
Literature
technostress
psychology, ICT journals
authors include Sahin & Coklar, Tarafdar, Schaufeli, Salanova, Rizzo, Jackson, Del Libano
other theses exist on the library in this area
job engagement
various human resource management journals
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale research
authors include Kahn, Schaufeli
emergency online learning
may be somewhat challenging to find literature here but as this is a recent global phenomena enough should exist
Research related literature to support use of selected quantitative or qualitative data collection
IT tools
referencing tools ex Zotero
surveying or questionnaire tools
possible qualitative data analysis software like NVIVO
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Fintan Brennan * MEL 19
EJ12-3001 Academic Research & Practices Assignment One: Defining the Thesis Topic