TY - JOUR
T1 - Are Employees Happier when Staying Connected with their Companies Outside Working Hours?
AU - Martin, Ludivine
AU - Pénard, Thierry
AU - Poussing, Nicolas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Information and communication technologies supported by mobile devices (laptops, smartphones, tablets) have enhanced the ability for employees to stay connected with their companies outside working hours. However, we have little understanding of the implications for employees’ subjective well-being. This paper aims to analyze the impact of two forms of digital connection on subjective well-being: online communication through email and smartphone (communication technologies), and remote access to companies’ networks, that is, files, management systems, and software (information technologies). In order to asses this, we use a large survey on the working conditions and work quality of 14,685 employees in Luxembourg. Results show that being contacted regularly outside office hours has a negative impact on life satisfaction, whereas remote access to the companies’ networks is positively related to life satisfaction and negatively related to job stress.
AB - Information and communication technologies supported by mobile devices (laptops, smartphones, tablets) have enhanced the ability for employees to stay connected with their companies outside working hours. However, we have little understanding of the implications for employees’ subjective well-being. This paper aims to analyze the impact of two forms of digital connection on subjective well-being: online communication through email and smartphone (communication technologies), and remote access to companies’ networks, that is, files, management systems, and software (information technologies). In order to asses this, we use a large survey on the working conditions and work quality of 14,685 employees in Luxembourg. Results show that being contacted regularly outside office hours has a negative impact on life satisfaction, whereas remote access to the companies’ networks is positively related to life satisfaction and negatively related to job stress.
KW - digital tools
KW - employees
KW - subjective well-being
KW - working conditions
KW - “Off-the-job” work
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U2 - 10.1177/08944393211061273
DO - 10.1177/08944393211061273
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130932849
SN - 0894-4393
VL - 40
SP - 1035
EP - 1053
JO - Social Science Computer Review
JF - Social Science Computer Review
IS - 4
ER -