Work-related use of information and communication technologies after hours and focus on opportunities: The moderating ro
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Work-related use of information and communication technologies after hours and focus on opportunities: The moderating role of work-family centrality Yanwei Shi 1,2 & Hui Zhang 1,2 & Julan Xie 3 & Hongyu Ma 1,2
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Abstract Work-related use of information and communication technologies (W_ICTs) after hours has been found to have positive effects on employees’ work-related outcomes. The present study investigated the relationship between W_ICTs after hours and employees’ focus on opportunities, and examined the moderating effect of work-family centrality on this relationship. We collected questionnaire data from 299 Chinese employees. The results showed that W_ICTs after hours positively predicted employees’ focus on opportunities. Further, the positive relationship was moderated by work-family centrality such that the effect was stronger for employees with high work-family centrality. These findings contribute to a further understanding of positive effects of W_ICTs after hours on employees, and uncover important boundary conditions under which this practice might affect employees differentially. Keywords Focus on opportunities . Information and communication technology . Person-job fit . Work-family centrality
Introduction Work-related use of information and communication technologies (W_ICTs) after hours has become a new characteristic of many occupations (Ma et al. 2016; Xie et al. 2018), and has received increasing attention in the literature. This aspect of work refers to employees’ use of tools such as personal computers and smart phones to deal with work-related issues outside of the workday (e.g., evenings, weekends and holidays; Ma et al. 2016; Xie et al. 2018). Previous research has demonstrated that W_ICTs after hours has negative effects on employees’ lives, such as increased work-family Yanwei Shi and Hui Zhang contributed equally to the study. They should be regarded as joint first authors. * Julan Xie [email protected] * Hongyu Ma [email protected] 1
Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior(CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430079, China
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School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
conflict (Boswell and Olson-Buchanan 2007), impaired health (Arlinghaus and Nachreiner 2014), and reduced sleep quality (Lanaj et al. 2014). Further, W_ICTs after hours is associated with negative work-related outcomes including emotional exhaustion (Xie et al. 2018) and burnout (Derks and Bakker 2014). In recent years, however, studies have also established potential positive effects of W_ICTs after hours on individuals’ job satisfaction (Diaz et al. 2012), job control (Richardson and Thompson 2012), and work engagement (Fujimoto et al. 2016; Ragsdale and Hoover 2016). In spite of these findings, the potential positive effects of W_ICTs after hours on other work-related outcomes have been largely overlooked. Because W_ICTs
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