Persistent Work-related Technology Use, Recovery and Well-being Processes (eBook)

Focus on Supplemental Work After Hours

Lenka Ďuranová, Sandra Ohly (Autoren)

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2015 | 1st ed. 2016
XIII, 97 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-24759-5 (ISBN)

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The aim of this work is to provide insight into the process of employee recovery and well-being in regard to work-related ICT use during after-hours. Therefore, we discuss (1) theories that help us to understand the determinants and outcomes of this behavior, (2) our core concepts recovery and well-being, and (3) previous empirical findings on ICT use after hours for work purposes. On the basis of literature review, we propose a new conceptual overall framework of ICT use after hours for work purposes with the focus on employee recovery and well-being processes. Thereby, we posit ICT use after hours for work purposes as potential stressor, resource, or demand (see action theory by Hacker, 1998, 2003; Frese and Zapf 1994), depending on many personal and individual factors, but primarily on cognitive appraisals (see transactional model of stress by Lazarus and Folkman 1984). This three-way division enables us to propose various linear and non-linear associations to focused outcomes. We conclude with an overall discussion on further research concerning the identified research gaps.

Dr. Lenka Ďuranová is research associate of business psychology at the University of Kassel, Germany. She received a PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies from the Gießen University, Germany in 2009. Her dissertation focused on motivation behind suicide. Lenka's research interests include employee well-being, occupational stress, and work attitudes. Her current research examines the role of work-related use of new technology after hours for daily fluctuations in well-being.

Dr. Sandra Ohly is professor in business psychology at the University of Kassel, Germany since 2010. She received her PhD from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany in 2005, and her habilitation from the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany in 2010. Her research focuses on well-being, creativity, and proactive behavior. She is also interested in affective and motivational processes, oftentimes using diary methods. In a recent research project she examines how smartphone use after hours relates to well-being and work-home interference. Her research has been published in Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and Journal of Business and Psychology. She is associate editor of Journal of Personnel Psychology, and member of the editorial board of Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and Journal of Business and Psychology. 

Inhalt

Acknowledgments 6
Abstract 8
References 8
Contents 10
About the Authors 12
Abbreviations 14
Chapter 1: Introduction 15
References 17
Chapter 2: Theoretical Background 18
2.1 Border and Boundary Theory 18
2.2 Social Learning Theory 21
2.3 Self-Determination Theory 22
2.4 Conservation of Resources Theory 24
2.5 Transactional Model of Stress 26
2.6 Job Demands-Resources Model 28
2.7 Challenge-Hindrance Framework 30
2.8 Action Theory 31
References 33
Chapter 3: Conceptualization of Core Concepts 37
3.1 Conceptualization of Employee Recovery 37
3.1.1 Theories of Recovery 37
3.1.2 Operationalization of Recovery 39
3.2 Conceptualization of Employee Well-Being 40
3.2.1 Theories of Well-Being 41
3.2.2 Operationalization of Well-Being 41
References 44
Chapter 4: Empirical Findings 47
4.1 Operationalization of Work-Related ICT Use during After-Hours 48
4.2 Antecedents of Work-Related ICT Use After Hours 57
4.3 Consequences of Work-Related ICT Use After Hours 59
4.4 Work-Related ICT Use After Hours as Mediator 63
4.5 Work-Related ICT Use After Hours as Moderator 64
4.6 Additional Assumptions 65
4.7 Summary of the Research Findings and Conclusion 67
References 68
Chapter 5: Conceptual Framework with the Focus on Recovery and Well-Being Processes 72
5.1 Antecedents of Work-Related ICT Use After Hours 73
5.1.1 States 74
5.1.1.1 After Work Recovery 74
5.1.1.2 Appraisals of Work-Related ICT Use After Hours 74
5.1.2 Personal Factors 76
5.1.2.1 Motivation Behind Work-Related ICT Use After Hours 76
5.1.2.2 Traits 77
Conscientiousness 77
Polychronicity 78
Role Segmentation–Integration 78
5.1.2.3 Attitudes Towards Work and Organization 78
Career Ambition 78
Affective Organizational Commitment 79
Work Role Identification, Work Centrality, and Job Involvement 79
(Work) Control Aspiration 80
5.1.2.4 Attitudes Towards ICT 80
5.1.2.5 Habits 81
5.1.3 Environmental Factors 82
5.1.3.1 Organizational Factors 82
Organizational Culture 82
Organizational Climate 83
5.1.3.2 Work Characteristics 84
Task Characteristics 84
5.1.3.3 Non-Work Characteristics 84
Work to Non-Work Permeability 84
Non-Work Demands 84
Non-Work Culture 85
ICT Characteristics 85
5.2 Consequences of Work-Related ICT Use After Hours 86
5.2.1 Consequences in the Evening 86
5.2.2 Consequences Next Working Day 88
5.3 Conceptual Framework of Work-Related ICT Use After Hours, Recovery, and Well-Being 88
5.3.1 Work-Related ICT Use After Hours as a Stressor 90
5.3.2 Work-Related ICT Use After Hours as a Resource 92
5.3.3 Work-Related ICT Use After Hours as a Demand 93
References 97
Chapter 6: Conclusion and Discussion 104
References 107

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2015
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 97 p. 14 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Schlagworte: Communication Technology Use at Home • ICT Use • Non-work Time • Smartphone Use • Work Connectivity Behavior • Work-related Use of Technology
• ISBN-10: 3-319-24759-X / 331924759X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-24759-5 / 9783319247595