WHEN YOU JUST CANNOT GET AWAY
The continuing evolution of information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as Internet-connected computers and cellular phones, provides a means for increased work/home permeability and for current work/home boundaries to be redefined as workers can potentially be accessible
by employers and family/friends at all times. This transformation of work/home boundaries can open the individual to increased levels of negative spillover, wherein aspects of one role negatively impact or impede upon another. This investigation uses data from the Work-Life and Technology
Use Survey to determine if ICT use plays a role in defining work/home boundaries and serves as a significant predictor of negative spillover in both the work-to-home and home-to-work directions. Results show that frequency of engaging in ICT-related activities (e.g. checking email and using
Facebook) is associated with negative spillover in both directions, suggesting that ICTs may play a significant role in facilitating negative work/home spillover.
Keywords: ICT use; cross-sectional; negative spillover; role permeability; work/home boundaries
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations:
Department of Sociology,University of Alabama at Birmingham, HHB 460, 1530 3rd Ave SBirmingham,AL,35294-1152, USA
Publication date: 01 May 2013
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