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After-hours work-related technology use and individuals' deviance: the role of other-initiated versus self-initiated interruptions

Junaid Khalid (School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China)
Qingxiong Derek Weng (School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China)
Adeel Luqman (College of Management, Research Institute of Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management, Shenzhen University, Shenzen, China)
Muhammad Imran Rasheed (Institute of Business Management and Administrative Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan)
Maryam Hina (Commerce Department, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan)

Information Technology & People

ISSN: 0959-3845

Article publication date: 3 November 2021

Issue publication date: 7 December 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of after-hours work-related technology use on interpersonal, organizational and nonwork deviance through work–family conflict (WFC) by focusing on the moderating role of other- and self-initiated interruptions.

Design/methodology/approach

The online survey included 318 valid samples from employees working in different organizations in the Anhui provinces of the People's Republic of China. The authors applied Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) process macros for testing mediation and moderated mediation analysis while conducting path analytic procedures and bootstrapping analysis.

Findings

This study found that after-hours work-related technology use is positively associated with interpersonal, organizational and nonwork deviance through WFC. This positive relationship strengthens in the presence of other-initiated interruptions compared with self-initiated interruptions. The results show that as compared to self-initiated interruptions, other-initiated interruptions strengthen the relationship between after-hours work-related technology use and its outcomes in the forms of WFC and deviance.

Originality/value

After-hours work-related technology use is a ubiquitous phenomenon and got significant scholarly attention. However, its effect on WFC and individual deviant behaviors has never been studied. Moreover, the moderated-mediation role of self-initiated and other-initiated interruptions presents a unique and important development in the context of after-hours work-related technology use and deviant behavior.

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Acknowledgements

This research was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Numbers: 71910107003; 71871209).

Citation

Khalid, J., Weng, Q.D., Luqman, A., Rasheed, M.I. and Hina, M. (2022), "After-hours work-related technology use and individuals' deviance: the role of other-initiated versus self-initiated interruptions", Information Technology & People, Vol. 35 No. 7, pp. 1955-1979. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-03-2020-0136

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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