Blurring the Boundaries: Cell Phones, Mobility, and the Line between Work and Personal Life

Gant, Diana Burley; Kiesler, Sara

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0665-4_9

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“…Materialism has an even larger effect on the two constructs. Its larger impact on mobile phone use relative to instant messaging may reflect the fact that mobile phones are conspicuous artifacts of acquisition and sometimes are viewed as extensions of the self (Gant & Kiesler, 2001;Oksman & Rautiainen, 2003) as well as fashion statements (Katz & Sugiyama, 2005). A recent study of cell phone use in UK pubs found that as the ratio of men to women increased men were more likely to display their cell phones, essentially using them to signify status and power (Lycett & Dunbar, 2000).…”

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A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults

Roberts¹,

Pirog²

2013

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

103

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Background and aims:The primary objective of the present research is to investigate the drivers of technological addiction in college students -heavy users of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The study places cell phone and instant messaging addiction in the broader context of consumption pathologies, investigating the influence of materialism and impulsiveness on these two technologies. Clearly, cell phones serve more than just a utilitarian purpose. Cell phones are used in public and play a vital role in the lives of young adults. The accessibility of new technologies, like cell phones, which have the advantages of portability and an ever increasing array of functions, makes their over-use increasingly likely. Methods: College undergraduates (N = 191) from two U.S. universities completed a paper and pencil survey instrument during class. The questionnaire took approximately 15-20 minutes to complete and contained scales that measured materialism, impulsiveness, and mobile phone and instant messaging addiction. Results: Factor analysis supported the discriminant validity of Ehrenberg, Juckes, White and Walsh's (2008) Mobile Phone and Instant Messaging Addictive Tendencies Scale. The path model indicates that both materialism and impulsiveness impact the two addictive tendencies, and that materialism's direct impact on these addictions has a noticeably larger effect on cell phone use than instant messaging. Conclusions: The present study finds that materialism and impulsiveness drive both a dependence on cell phones and instant messaging. As Griffiths (2012) rightly warns, however, researchers must be aware that one's addiction may not simply be to the cell phone, but to a particular activity or function of the cell phone. The emergence of multi-function smart phones requires that research must dig beneath the technology being used to the activities that draw the user to the particular technology.

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A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults

Roberts¹,

Pirog²

2013

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

103

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“…Research suggests that increased usage and dependence on technology, such as social media, may blur the line between work and home life (Ayyagari et al, 2011;Gant & Kiesler, 2002;Perrons, 2003;Tarafdar et al, 2007). In the context of social media, this blurring may occur because social media affords users the ability to routinely inquire about what their friends and family are doing.…”

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Social Media Induced Technostress and its Impact on Internet Addiction: A Distraction-conflict Theory Perspective

Brooks¹,

Longstreet²,

Califf³

2017

THCI

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Abstract:Using social media is the most common activity on the Internet, and much research has examined the phenomenon. While the current literature focuses on the positives of using social media, there is a comparative lack of research on its negative effects, especially in the context of the workplace. Research has identified one critical negative impact of contemporary technology as technostress, which refers to stress induced by information and communication technologies. In this paper, we apply distraction-conflict theory (DCT) to the literature on social media, technostress, and addiction to theorize that one can view social media in the workplace as a distraction conflict, which, in turn, can induce technostress and, subsequently, Internet addiction. To test this theoretical model, we conducted a survey on 1731 participants recruited from Mechanical Turk. The survey examined the similarities and differences between two popular social media platforms: Facebook and YouTube. Overall, the results provide support for positive associations between the distraction felt from social media and social media-induced technostress and between social mediainduced technostress and Internet addiction. While Facebook and YouTube have similarities, we found notable differences as well. This study contributes to the IS field by using DCT as a novel and valuable lens through which researchers and practitioners can think about the negative effects of using social media at work. The paper also offers insight into implications for research, practice, and future research areas.

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“…Arbejdsintensivering og opløsningen af graensen arbejdsliv/privatliv Det er umiddelbart oplagt, at smartphones og lignende teknologier kan bidrage til at udviske skellet mellem arbejde og fritid, hvilket en raekke studier allerede har påvist (Hislop & Axtell, 2007;Sherry & Salvador, 2001;Gant & Kiesler, 2001). Smartphones udgør et redskab til at forbinde disse domaener på tvaers af tid og rum, fordi de basalt set tilbyder mulighed for konstant 'opkobling', ikke blot med andre individer, men også med databanker og andre arbejdsplads rela terede informationssystemer.…”

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Konstant online og fantasien om ’individuel balance’ - Et psykoanalytisk perspektiv på arbejdsintensivering via mobilen

Villadsen

2015

PGR

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Smartphones og andre mobile kommunikationsteknologier indføres med løfter om at give øget handlekraft og individuel frihed i arbejdslivet. Men et voksende forskningsfelt påviser, at indførelse af disse teknologier ledsages af øget netværksbaseret kontrol og selv-pålagt arbejdsintensivering. Artiklen leverer et overblik over og en diskussion af den spirende internationale forskning i betydningen af smartphones i nutidens arbejdsliv. Denne forskning påpeger generelt en modsætning mellem en diskurs om teknologiers påståede styrkelse af individuel autonomi og præstation på den ene side, og den reelle indrullering af teknologibrugere i nye former for kontrol og en usund arbejdskultur, der indebærer konstant ’opkobling’ på den anden. Artiklen foreslår med afsæt hos Žižek en alternativ vinkel på denne problematik, idet den præsenterer en række overvejelser over, hvordan medarbejderes frivillige omfavnelse af smartphones som arbejdsredskab kan begribes, når medarbejderne udtrykker fuld bevidsthed om teknologiens konkrete skadevirkninger på deres private liv.

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Blurring the Boundaries: Cell Phones, Mobility, and the Line between Work and Personal Life

Cited by 67 publications

References 10 publications

A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults

A preliminary investigation of materialism and impulsiveness as predictors of technological addictions among young adults

Social Media Induced Technostress and its Impact on Internet Addiction: A Distraction-conflict Theory Perspective

Konstant online og fantasien om ’individuel balance’ - Et psykoanalytisk perspektiv på arbejdsintensivering via mobilen

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