Liu Yujing, Du Jing, Li Yuan
Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Jul 20;12:701482. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.701482. eCollection 2021.
Empirical evidence has accumulated showing that smartphone use at work has the double-edged sword impacts on work-related attitudes and behaviors, but little is known about how its effects transmit and spill over from the workplace to the family domain. Drawing upon compensatory ethics theory, we hypothesize positive associations of employees' daily private smartphone use at work with their family role performance after work through feeling of guilt. Using an experience sampling methodology, we test our hypotheses in a sample of 101 employees who completed surveys across 10 consecutive workdays. Multilevel path analysis results showed that excessive smartphone use at work triggered experienced guilt, and had a positive indirect effect on family role performance via feeling of guilt. Furthermore, employees with high ability of emotion regulation can be better resolve own painful emotion by engaging in family role performance. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and propose future research directions are discussed.
已有实证证据表明，工作中使用智能手机对与工作相关的态度和行为有双刃剑效应，但对于其影响如何从工作场所传递并溢出到家庭领域却知之甚少。基于补偿伦理理论，我们假设员工工作时日常私人使用智能手机通过内疚感与下班后的家庭角色表现呈正相关。我们采用经验取样法，在101名连续10个工作日完成调查的员工样本中检验我们的假设。多层次路径分析结果表明，工作中过度使用智能手机引发了内疚感，并通过内疚感对家庭角色表现产生了积极的间接影响。此外，情绪调节能力高的员工能够通过履行家庭角色更好地化解自身的痛苦情绪。本文还讨论了理论和实践意义、局限性，并提出了未来的研究方向。
