The Structure,Outcomes And Antecedents Exploring Of The Strategy Around Work-relate ICT Use During Non-work Time

In recent years,the emergence and development of information and communication technology(ICT for short)has indeed changed the way we work and live,enabling people to easily use ICT to handle work during non-working time.Many researchers adopt a technological determinism perspective and believe that ICT affects people’s work and life.However,it ignores the individual’s initiative.Individuals can actively choose and manage the use of communications technology.We believe that the strategy of work-relate ICT use during non-work time is an approach that individuals use to actively select and use to manage work-relate ICT use during non-work time in order to balance work needs and life needs.This study uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the structural connotation of the use of the strategy of work-relate ICT use during non-work time and to develop measurement tools.It also examines the outcomes and antecedents.Study 1 has interviewed 20 employees from different industries and conducted a survey with 173 participants.The results show that the strategy of work-relate ICT use during non-work time is a second-order four-factor structure including time strategy,space strategy,character strategy and event strategy.The scale has good reliability and validity.That indicates the individual decides whether to use ICT to handle the work during non-working time according to the criteria of emergency and importance of the time,place,contact object,and work content set by the individual.Study 2 was a longitudinal study with 177 participants and found that the strategy of work-relate ICT use plays a positive role on psychological detachment,work-life balance and conflict.Study 3 conducted a survey of 203 employees across the country and found that personal and environmental factors such as personal work-life boundary management preferences,perceived boundary control,whole-life perspective,and family expectation have significant influence on the strategy of work-relate ICT use during non-work time.The research results provide a management strategy for work-relate ICT use during non-work time.This contributes to the work-family boundary management strategy and individuals’ coping styles of technology.