Wilder Emily, Aziz Shahnaz, Wuensch Karl
Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States.
Health Psychol Rep. 2023 Jun 26;12(3):227-237. doi: 10.5114/hpr/165873. eCollection 2024.
Information and communication technology (ICT) in the work environment continues to change the landscape of the workplace. This technology allows employees to have greater flexibility when accessing information and communicating with those not physically present. The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationships between workplace telepressure, workaholism, and ICT boundary creation. The moderating role of ICT boundary creation in the relationship between workaholism and workplace telepressure was also examined.
The sample consisted of 317 full-time faculty and staff at a large Southeastern university. Participants were recruited through an email distribution service, LISTSERV, that contains potential respondents' university email addresses. Prior to starting the Qualtrics survey, participants were shown an informed consent form indicating that their participation is voluntary, and responses will be confidential and anonymous. When they completed the form, respondents were evaluated on measures of workplace telepressure, workaholism, and ICT boundary creation.
Workplace telepressure was positively related to workaholism (and its subscales) and negatively related to ICT boundary creation. Furthermore, workaholism was negatively related to ICT boundary creation. Additionally, both workaholism and ICT boundary creation had significant partial effects for predicting workplace telepressure.
As ICTs become more popular in the workforce, organizations must be aware of how the additional ease of access that ICTs provide affects employees. Setting ICT boundaries serves as a way to reduce the negative influence that workaholism and workplace telepressure have on workers.
工作环境中的信息通信技术（ICT）持续改变着工作场所的格局。这项技术使员工在获取信息以及与不在场的人沟通时拥有更大的灵活性。本研究的目的是调查工作场所远程压力、工作狂倾向与ICT边界设定之间的关系。同时也考察了ICT边界设定在工作狂倾向与工作场所远程压力关系中的调节作用。
样本包括一所东南部大型大学的317名全职教职员工。参与者通过电子邮件分发服务LISTSERV招募，该服务包含潜在受访者的大学电子邮件地址。在开始Qualtrics调查之前，向参与者展示了一份知情同意书，表明他们的参与是自愿的，并且回答将是保密和匿名的。当他们完成表格时，对受访者进行工作场所远程压力、工作狂倾向和ICT边界设定的测量评估。
工作场所远程压力与工作狂倾向（及其子量表）呈正相关，与ICT边界设定呈负相关。此外，工作狂倾向与ICT边界设定呈负相关。此外，工作狂倾向和ICT边界设定在预测工作场所远程压力方面都有显著的部分效应。
随着ICT在劳动力中越来越普及，组织必须意识到ICT所带来的额外便捷访问方式如何影响员工。设定ICT边界是减少工作狂倾向和工作场所远程压力对员工负面影响的一种方式。
