出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：Advancements in information technology have provided many opportunities for people to stay connected both at work and in their personal lives. Researchers and the popular press have argued that such connectivity would bring increased flexibility to both the firm and the individual. For the firm, this flexibility was to lead to productivity gains, improve information transparency, and make it easier to meet and exceed the needs of customers. As for the individual employee, flexibility would improve work- life balance. The idea was that the individual could choose when and where to work, thus allowing one to mesh personal life and work life in a more harmonious way. What proponents did not fully explore was that such technological advancements would allow employers to create a new work culture that would use technology to make their employees do more, work longer hours and blur the boundaries between a person’s work life and personal life. In this paper, we argue that this is exactly what has happened to many people. We collected data from approximately 100 working professionals. Our results suggest that in many cases, company expectations that their employees use connectivity technologies have done more to damage work-life balance than to help it.
关键词：Work-life balance; Work extending;technology; Information technology (IT); Flexible;work
