Farivar, F., Eshraghian, F., Hafezieh, N. and Cheng, D. 2024. Constant Connectivity and Boundary Management Behaviors: The role of Human agency. International Journal of Human Resource Management. 35 (7), pp. 1250-1282. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2023.2271835
| Title | Constant Connectivity and Boundary Management Behaviors: The role of Human agency |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Farivar, F., Eshraghian, F., Hafezieh, N. and Cheng, D. |
| Abstract | The surge of remote and hybrid work in the post-pandemic era reinforced the blurred boundaries between work and non-work responsibilities. Thus, how people manage the boundaries between work and non-work domains has become more complicated. This study advances the previous studies on constant connectivity by focusing on how employees’ perception of constant connectivity might actualize their boundary management behaviors. Additionally, we concentrated on contextual factors, including IT/internet policies, informal social norms, and work flexibility, to investigate how these factors could influence employees’ perception of constant connectivity. This paper reports a two-phase study. In the first phase, we used sentiment analysis to rank 38 internet use policies of Australian universities for grading their strictness toward ICT/internet use. Next, building on the first phase, we interviewed 28 academics. We identified three perceptions of constant connectivity, including constant connectivity as a resource, a challenge, and a duality. We also found five distinct boundary management behaviors connected to three different perceptions. |
| Keywords | Work digitalization |
| Constant connectivity | |
| Remote working | |
| Boundary management | |
| Affordances | |
| Journal | International Journal of Human Resource Management |
| Journal citation | 35 (7), pp. 1250-1282 |
| ISSN | 0958-5192 |
| 1466-4399 | |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Publisher's version | License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2023.2271835 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published online | 20 Oct 2023 |
| Published in print | 2024 |