Out of Work, Out of Mind? Smartphone Use and Work-Life Boundaries

摘要

Smartphones are now ubiquitous and valuable in many professions andyet have also been blamed for creating an 'always on 'culture, blurringboundariesbetweenworkandhome. Research has shown that checking e-mails out-of-hours via computer makes workers feel more overloaded with work but also increases their sense of coping. A total of 94 participants completed a survey exploring whether the same pattern would emerge for accessing e-mail on smartphones, showing that those who use smartphones for work e-mail experienced lower levels of overload, but not coping, and push notifications were associated with greater use of smartphones for e-mail. However, there were no significant correlations between coping or overload and e-mail use or quantity, suggesting that lower overload is not due to the ability to processes or read more e-mails outside of work