How Does Online Telecommuting Affect Teachers’ Work? The Relationship Between Workplace Flexibility and Job Involvement: A Moderated Mediation Model

Abstract

In the context of online telecommuting, based on conservation of resource theory, boundary theory and role pressure theory, the research conducted a survey on 690 teachers from 16 senior high schools in China, and verified the relationship between workplace flexibility and job involvement. The results show that: 1) Workplace flexibility has a significant positive impact on work-family conflict; 2) Workplace flexibility has a significant negative impact on job involvement; 3) Work-family conflict has a significant negative impact on job involvement; 4) Work-family conflict partially mediates the relationship between workplace flexibility and job involvement; 5) Job demands positively moderate the relationship between workplace flexibility and work-family conflict; 6) Job demands play a positive role in moderating the relationship between workplace flexibility and job involvement through work-family conflict.