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The Always On Employee: The Antecedents And Consequences Of Work-Related Email Use After Hours, Archana Manapragada
The Always On Employee: The Antecedents And Consequences Of Work-Related Email Use After Hours, Archana Manapragada
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The present dissertation examines the antecedents and consequences of employees’ work-related email (WRE) use after work hours in a sample of administrative assistants and office workers. Several individual, job, and workplace factors were examined as predictors of WRE use after hours. The individual-level factors examined were telepressure (i.e., the urge to respond to digital messages) and conscientiousness. Perceptions of the usefulness of keeping up with WRE for job performance and the degree to which employees felt the use of WRE was relevant to their job were examined as job-related factors. Workplace factors revolved around organizational norms, which may form by …